Is a brief stop by a police officer to pose a question to the occupant constitute a "seizure" for the Fourth Amendment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Leyva, D070048 (Cal. App. 2017):
"[A] brief stop of a vehicle to pose a question to an occupant constitutes a 'seizure' for purposes of the Fourth Amendment." (People v. Bennett (2011) 197 Cal.App.4th 907, 912.) However, the Fourth Amendment's probable cause and warrant requirements do
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