Legal Opinion
People v. Taylor
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 28, 1986No. Crim. 13533PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SIMS, J.
In this case, we consider when law enforcement officers are required to give Miranda 1 warnings to a suspect whom they have detained pursuant to an “investigative stop.” We conclude that where defendant was detained by at least four sheriff’s officers, several patrol cars and a helicop ter, and was held at gunpoint, Miranda warnings were required before an officer showed defendant suspicious items of property to find out whether the items belonged to him.
Factual and Procedural Background
On the evening of March 17, 1983, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Detective Charles Long was…
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- United States v. Brignoni-PonceSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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