In what circumstances will a police officer in plain clothes stop a defendant from walking down a street with a camera attached to his neck?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jones, E059456 (Cal. App. 2014):
In People v. Raybourn (1990) 218 Cal.App.3d 308 (Raybourn), an officer in plain clothes observed a nervous defendant, who appeared to be a transient, walking on a public street in daylight with a 35-millimeter camera hung around his neck. (Id. at pp. 310-311.) The officer explained that he was "curious" because the defendant's
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