California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Souza, 36 Cal.Rptr.2d 569, 885 P.2d 982, 9 Cal.4th 224 (Cal. 1994):
We granted the Attorney General's petition for review, to consider the continuing validity of People v. Aldridge, supra, 35 Cal.3d 473, 198 Cal.Rptr. 538, 674 P.2d 240, and to decide whether a person's flight upon encountering a police officer is in itself sufficient to justify an investigative detention.
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