Cars

Name: Arizona v. Johnson
Case #: 07-1122
Court: US Supreme Court
District USSup
Opinion Date: 01/26/2009
Subsequent History: 129 S.Ct. 781, 172 L.Ed.2d 694
  • Categories: Cars, Pat-downs, Search & Seizure

Officers who conduct routine traffic stops may conduct a patdown of a passenger for weapons without violating the Fourth Amendment, if they reasonably suspect the person frisked is armed and dangerous. Three officers stopped an automobile after a license plate…

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Name: People v. Hernandez
Case #: S150038
Court: CA Supreme Court
District CalSup
Opinion Date: 12/11/2008
  • Categories: Cars, Detention, Search & Seizure

Where an officer’s sole reason for stopping a vehicle is based on viewing a temporary operating permit on the vehicle, the stop is unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment, regardless of the officer’s hunch that such permits are often forged, issued…

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Name: In re Raymond C.
Case #: S149728
Court: CA Supreme Court
District CalSup
Opinion Date: 12/11/2008
  • Categories: Cars, Detention, Search & Seizure

Where a police officer observes a vehicle that, from the officer’s viewpoint, has no license plates or a temporary permit, the officer is justified in stopping the vehicle to further investigate if the driver is licensed and the vehicle registered.…

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Name: People v. Collier
Case #: B207163
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 2 DCA
Division: 6
Opinion Date: 09/18/2008
  • Categories: Cars, Pat-downs, Search & Seizure

The odor of marijuana from a vehicle stopped for a Vehicle Code violation provides probable cause for a limited pat-down search of the passenger. Los Angeles County Sheriff's officers stopped a vehicle, in which appellant was a passenger, because the…

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Name: United States v. Caseres
Case #: 06-50546
Court: US Court of Appeals
District 9 Cir
Opinion Date: 07/21/2008
  • Categories: Cars, Search & Seizure, Searches w/o Warrant

The warrantless search of the vehicle was not incident to arrest. Officer Murphy saw Caseres turning without signaling, and he believed this to be a violation of Vehicle Code section 22108. Murphy also noticed another violation involving tinted windows. Murphy…

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Name: People v. Logsdon
Case #: G038366
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 4 DCA
Division: 3
Opinion Date: 05/28/2008
  • Categories: Cars, Search & Seizure

A suppression motion was properly denied where police had cause to stop a driver for changing lanes without signaling. A police officer followed Logsdon because he exited from a gas station, crossed six lanes of a seven-lane street, and proceeded…

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Name: People v. Baker
Case #: F052913
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 5 DCA
Opinion Date: 07/15/2008
  • Categories: Cars, Search & Seizure, Searches w/o Warrant

A male driver's parole search condition, alone, does not justify the search of the female passenger's purse. Appellant was the sole passenger of a vehicle stopped for speeding. Upon learning that the driver was on parole with a search condition,…

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Name: People v. Tolliver et al.
Case #: C049959
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 3 DCA
Opinion Date: 03/11/2008
  • Categories: Cars, Search & Seizure

An alleged expectation of privacy pursuant to the Fourth Amendment will be defeated if society does not perceive the expectation of privacy as legitimate. The Fourth Amendment, guarantees an individual protection from unreasonable searches and seizure. To obtain suppression of…

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Name: People v. Duncan
Case #: D050458
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 4 DCA
Division: 1
Opinion Date: 03/05/2008
  • Categories: Cars, Search & Seizure

Driving with an upside down license plate constitutes a violation of Vehicle Code section 5201. A police officer observed a vehicle driving toward him with a front license plate that was upside down. He stopped the vehicle and conducted a…

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Name: People v. Dean
Case #: A115164
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 1 DCA
Division: 2
Opinion Date: 12/03/2007
Subsequent History: 4/9/08 Rev. granted: S160418
  • Categories: Cars, Search & Seizure

A vehicle stop will withstand a Fourth Amendment attack if, under the circumstances of the detention, the officer had an articulable and reasonable suspicion that the vehicle was not properly registered. In this case, it was undisputed that the displayed…

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