People v. Spencer

We respectfully dissent. Patrolling in the course of their investigation of an armed, felonious assault by the victim’s estranged boyfriend, the police, accompanied by the victim, encountered defendant in his automobile. The victim assured them defendant would know the perpetrator’s immediate whereabouts. The police signaled defendant to stop his moving vehicle in order to obtain that information from him. The police did nothing more than activate their car’s turret lights and horn, and then approach defendant on foot *760without drawing their weapons. The majority condemns this straightforward,…