California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Conway, 222 Cal.App.3d 806, 271 Cal.Rptr. 832 (Cal. App. 1990):
Armed with the knowledge a warrant recently had been issued, it is reasonable for the officer briefly to detain an individual in order to determine the status of the warrant. No public interest is furthered by a rule that would render reasonable police conduct unlawful thus requiring suppression of evidence. In the words of Justice White in Stone v. Powell (1976) 428 U.S. 465, 96 S.Ct. 3037, 49 L.Ed.2d 1067:
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