Legal Opinion
People v. Lopez
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 19, 1989No. G006708PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CROSBY, J.
The question presented here is whether a police request for identification during a street encounter amounts to a detention *291in the sense that a reasonable person would not feel free to leave under the circumstances and must be grounded upon some reasonable suspicion. The answer is no.
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Santa Ana Police Corporal Richard Reese, a 13-year veteran, and a recruit were patrolling for narcotics traffickers in a parking lot on October 22, 1986. The officers saw Servando Najera Lopez sitting on the hood of a car. Reese “thought [he] recognized [Lopez] from some prior encounter” but…
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