People v. Davis

I disagree with the majority’s conclusion that the facts and circumstances known to the arresting officer at the time of the arrest were not sufficient to give rise to probable cause that the defendant, Chester Davis (Davis), was loitering. Maj. op. at 4, 6. I dissent because I believe that the officer had probable cause to arrest Davis for loitering based upon his observations at the Loaf-N-Jug combined with the information received by the officer that on the previous night, a female customer of the convenience store had seen a “transient type male” at that location who reportedly had been…