People v. Davis

Ellerin, J. (dissenting).

I cannot agree that the ambiguous circumstance of a taxicab proceeding with its "bright lights up” is a sufficient predicate, without more, to justify a full scale search and seizure of the cab and its passengers. In so holding here, the majority appears to have ignored the carefully crafted standards governing the permissible parameters of police intrusion which are designed to strike a reasonable balance between the government’s interest in law enforcement and the predominating constitutional concern with safeguarding the privacy and security of every person against…