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PEOPLE v. SAUNDERS

No. S122744.

45 Cal.Rptr.3d 66 (2006)

38 Cal.4th 1129

136 P.3d 859

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Devance SAUNDERS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

June 29, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George O. Benton, Santa Rosa, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney General, Martin S. Kaye and Ronald E. Niver, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

BAXTER, J.

May a peace officer order a traffic stop to investigate possible Vehicle Code violations when the vehicle's front license plate is missing and the registration tabs on the rear license plate have expired but the vehicle's rear window displays what appears to be a current temporary operating permit? We conclude that such an investigative stop does not run afoul of the Fourth Amendment, at least when the officer has no other ready means of verifying the vehicle...

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