The issue in this case is whether the police may stop and detain a motorist on suspicion of car theft simply because he or she drives a car with a broken window. We hold that they may not.
The defendant was observed by two police officers driving a vehicle with a broken rear vent window. Believing that the broken vent might be a sign that the car had been recently stolen, the officers conducted...
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