Legal Opinion

People v. Long

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 12, 1982No. 64416, (Calendar No. 5)PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKavanagh, J.

The defendant, David Kerk Long, appeals his conviction of possession of marijuana. He contends that evidence of the marijuana found in the interior and trunk of the automobile he was driving should have been suppressed as the product of unconstitutional searches. We reverse.

Shortly after midnight on August 25, 1977 while Deputies Howell and Lewis of the Barry County Sheriffs Department were on routine road patrol, they observed a car traveling past them in the opposite direction at an excessive speed. They turned their vehicle around and pursued the speeding vehicle. They saw the vehicle make…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. New York v. BeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Michigan v. LongSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. TooheyMichigan Supreme Court · 1991
  3. United States v. MasonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
  4. State v. PressCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1984
  5. People v. LongMichigan Supreme Court · 1984

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