Can a police officer stop a vehicle and investigate without violating the driver's rights under the Fourth Amendment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Chargualaf, G050219 (Cal. App. 2015):
Absent other circumstances that would dispel an officer's suspicion or resolve an ambiguity in the vehicle's conformance with applicable laws, the officer may stop the vehicle and investigate without violating the driver's rights under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. (People v. Dotson (2009) 179 Cal.App.4th 1045, 1052.) No evidence showed the existence of any circumstances that would have
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