Legal Opinion
People v. Medina
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 3, 2003No. B159372PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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May officers, as a matter of standard procedure and in the name of "officer safety," detain and frisk a driver stopped for an equipment infraction solely on the basis that the stop occurs in a high crime area at night? Here we conclude that the Fourth Amendment does not permit such an intrusion and that any incriminating evidence…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Illinois v. WardlowSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Brown v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Fare v. Tony C.California Supreme Court · 1978
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- United States v. Rodolfo Suarez, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
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- People v. H.H.California Court of Appeal · 2009
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