Legal Opinion
People v. Burrell
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided October 17, 1983No. Docket Nos. 64159, 64196. (Calendar Nos. 18, 19)PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrickley, J.
We are faced with a stop by the police of the defendants because of defective vehicle equipment followed by a detention at a time when the officers had no articulable basis for suspecting that the detainees had committed a crime.
We hold that a person may not be detained for roadside questioning beyond the scope of a stop, absent at least an articulable basis for suspecting other criminal activity. US Const, Am IV.
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On December 16, 1977, Kent County Deputy Sheriff W. Phillip Blackport, while on road patrol in the Kentwood area, observed two black males driving slowly in an older model black…
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3Cited by126 opinions
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