PEOPLE v. LOEWEN

Docket No. Crim. 23248.

35 Cal.3d 117 (1983)

672 P.2d 436

196 Cal. Rptr. 846

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ALLAN DALE LOEWEN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Landra E. Rosenthal and George L. Schraer, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Ronald E. Niver and Richard G. Tullis, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

May a police officer, consistent with the Constitution, stop a vehicle because he suspects the driver is an associate of another individual who is being investigated for a parking violation in a "high crime area"?

I.

On April 14, 1982, Lake County Sheriff's Deputy Steven Cozart was on duty as a uniformed officer in a marked patrol car. At approximately...

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