What constitutes a "seizure" for the purposes of the Fourth Amendment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Bennett, B223338 (Cal. App. 2011):
It is well established that a brief stop of a vehicle to pose a question to an occupant constitutes a "seizure" for purposes of the Fourth Amendment. (See, e.g., Delaware v. Prouse (1979) 440 U.S. 648, 653 [99 S.Ct. 1391, 59 L.Ed.2d 660] ["stopping an automobile and detaining its occupants constitute a 'seizure' . . . even though the purpose of the stop is limited and the resulting detention quite brief'].)
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