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PEOPLE v. LOPEZ

No. S238627.

8 Cal.5th 353 (2019)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MARIA ELENA LOPEZ, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

November 25, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra , Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell , Assistant Attorney General, Joshua A. Klein , Deputy State Solicitor General, Catherine Chatman , Rachelle A. Newcomb , R. Todd Marshall and Larenda R. Delaini , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Solomon Wollack , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Respondent.

Emily A. Rehm , Michael M. Epstein and Rachel E. Vanlandingham as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

Acting on an anonymous tip about a motorist's erratic driving, a police officer approached defendant Maria Elena Lopez after she parked and exited her car. When the officer asked if she had a driver's license, she said she did not. Police then detained her for...

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