People v. Holbrook

In the early hours of November 13, 1961, two State troopers while on patrol near Cedar-ville (Mackinac county) observed a car approaching them. The troopers stopped their car, shut off the lights, and watched the car some 20 minutes. One trooper testified:

“Well, the car was stopped, and it would shut its lights off and show the flashlight and then turn them back on again, pull ahead and shine in the field again, until they spotted some deer in the field.”

The troopers finally heard a “loud blast” and saw a person running from the car into the field. The car then started and continued on the…