Basically the instant case involves the rights of a drunk found asleep in his car.
On July 2, 1984 the Supreme Court of the United States decided the action of Berkemer v McCarty (468 US ___, 104 S.Ct. 3138, 82 L ed 2d 317). There the court analogized the "usual traffic stop" to a "so-called `Terry' stop". (See, 468 US, at p ___, 82 L ed 2d, at p 334, 104 S Ct, at p 3150.)
In making its holding the Supreme...
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