Cars

Name: U.S. v. Arvizu
Case #: 00-1519
Court: US Supreme Court
District USSup
Opinion Date: 01/15/2002
Subsequent History: Cross-cites: 122 S.Ct. 744; 151 L.Ed.2d 740
  • Categories: Cars, Detention, Search & Seizure

Arvizu was stopped by a Border Patrol Agent while driving on an unpaved road in a remote area of Southeastern Arizona. The agent began following the vehicle because it was a kind of automobile he knew smugglers used (a minivan),…

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Name: U.S. v. Patzer
Case #: 00-30360
Court: US Court of Appeals
District 9 Cir
Opinion Date: 01/14/2002
Subsequent History: None
  • Categories: Cars, Search & Seizure

Appellant’s vehicle was stopped for a taillight infraction. When the officer approached appellant, he noticed that he appeared to have been smoking marijuana. The officer arrested appellant for driving under the influence after administering field sobriety tests, leading appellant to…

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Name: People v. Smith
Case #: D036108
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 4 DCA
Division: 1
Opinion Date: 01/16/2002
Subsequent History: Rev. denied 4/10/02.
  • Categories: Cars, Search & Seizure, Searches w/o Warrant

Appellant was arrested for driving under the influence. Officers searched his vehicle, finding methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in a backpack in the trunk. Appellant filed a motion to suppress, pursuant to Penal Code section 1538.5. The prosecution argued that the…

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Name: U.S. v. Arvizu
Case #: 99-10229
Court: US Court of Appeals
District 9 Cir
Opinion Date: 07/07/2000
Subsequent History: None
  • Categories: Cars, Detention, Search & Seizure

The denial of a motion to suppress evidence was reversed where the district court erred in finding that a traffic stop was justified by reasonable suspicion. Reasonable suspicion in this case was articulated in the district court by Border Patrol…

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Name: People v. White
Case #: E029989
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 4 DCA
Division: 2
Opinion Date: 11/15/2001
Subsequent History: None
  • Categories: Cars, Search & Seizure

A sheriff’s deputy stopped appellant, who was driving a pickup truck with a trailer hitch which partially obscured the deputy’s view of the middle numeral of his license plate. The officer believed appellant was in violation of Vehicle Code section…

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Name: U.S. v. Rousseau
Case #: 00-30214
Court: US Court of Appeals
District 9 Cir
Opinion Date: 07/03/2001
Subsequent History: None
  • Categories: Cars, Search & Seizure

Police received a report of an armed intruder who had entered an apartment, and subsequently stopped and detained Rousseau, who fit the intruder's description. Officers handcuffed Rousseau and searched his vehicle, resulting in the seizure of an unlawful weapon. Rousseau…

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Name: U.S. v. Rousseau
Case #: 00-30214
Court: US Court of Appeals
District 9 Cir
Opinion Date: 07/03/2001
Subsequent History: None
  • Categories: Cars, Incident to Lawful Arrest, Search & Seizure

Officers observed a knife which was in plain view in Rousseau's truck when they pulled up beside him. They then searched the vehicle, finding a firearm. Rousseau argued that the knife was unlawfully seized because he was neither carrying it,…

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Name: People v. Bush
Case #: C035985
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 3 DCA
Opinion Date: 05/03/2001
Subsequent History: Rev. den. 8/8/01
  • Categories: Cars, Search & Seizure

Appellant's vehicle was stopped because it had no registration stickers. The officer who stopped the vehicle radioed the dispatcher to check the status of the registration and appellant's license, and learned not only that the vehicle was unregistered and appellant's…

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Name: U.S. v. Summers
Case #: 00-30083
Court: US Court of Appeals
District 9 Cir
Opinion Date: 10/12/2001
Subsequent History: Cert. denied 2/25/02
  • Categories: Cars, Detention, Search & Seizure

There was no Fourth Amendment violation where police officers observed appellant late at night at a Goodwill drop station, carrying boxes to his car, and subsequently observed, in plain view, an unregistered sawed-off shotgun when they shone a flashlight into…

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Name: U.S. v. Chavez-Valenzuela
Case #: 00-50075
Court: US Court of Appeals
District 9 Cir
Opinion Date: 10/15/2001
Subsequent History: Opn amended 2/13/02 & rehearing en banc rejected
  • Categories: Cars, Conducted with Consent, Detention, Search & Seizure

Appellant was pulled over by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) for a traffic violation, and detained for seven minutes while the CHP officer checked his license and registration. After the officer learned that both were valid, he asked for and…

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