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PEOPLE v. WELLS

No. S128640.

45 Cal.Rptr.3d 8 (2006)

38 Cal.4th 1078

136 P.3d 810

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Susan WELLS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

June 26, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Campbell, Sacramento, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, Janet E. Neeley, Doris Calandra, Kathleen A. McKenna, Robert P. Whitlock and Connie A. Proctor, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

CHIN, J.

We granted this case to consider under what circumstances, if any, police officers may stop a vehicle and detain its driver based solely on an uncorroborated phoned-in tip that accurately describes the vehicle and its location and relates that a possibly intoxicated person is behind the wheel, "weaving all over the roadway." As we explain, although the law appears somewhat unsettled, the better rule, firmly...

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