People v. Alexander

At 10 p.m. on May 15, 1967, two Detroit policemen, patrolling in an unmarked car, observed an automobile travelling slowly with its lights off. The patrolmen stopped the car. Approaching it on foot, the officers noticed an unusual amount of activity by the defendant, a passenger in the rear of the vehicle. One of the officers shined a flashlight on the defendant who ivas seen trying to place several “handrolled” cigarettes under the seat. The officer noted that the cigarettes were of a type he, in his experience as a policeman, had frequently found to be marijuana. Tlie occupants of the car…