

Court Validates Police Search of Vehicle
Case: People v. Anthony Court: Michigan Court of Appeals ( Published Opinion ) Issues: Search & seizure; Whether the search complied with the Fourth Amendment; Probable cause; When & how the seizure occurred; Timing of the officers’ decision to investigate the truck; Terry stop; People v. Barbarich; People v. Barbee; Timing of the officers arrival in the police car at the location where the vehicle was parked; People v. Jenkins; Brendlin v. California; United States v. Knotts


Court Upholds Traffic Stop
Case: People v. Ernst Court: Michigan Court of Appeals ( Unpublished Opinion ) Issues: Search & seizure; U.S. Const. amend. IV; Const. 1963, art. 1, § 11; Whether the police had cause to stop defendant’s vehicle; People v. Simmons; People v. Williams; Terry v. Ohio; MCL 257.648(1) & (7); MCL 257.626b; Heien v. North Carolina; Whether the trial court properly conducted an experiment to test defense theories raised in the motion to suppress; MRE 201(b); People v. Simon; M Crim