California Court of Appeal

Dismissal of case after order suppressing evidence based on finding defendant, a car passenger, was unlawfully detained duruing a traffic stop, is reversed as officers' detention of defendant and request for identification in this case was lawful.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/30/2007
• Published 05/23/2007

Judges

• BAMATTRE-MANOUKIAN, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bill Lockyer and Edmond G. Brown, Jr., Attys. Gen., Robert R. Anderson, Chief Asst. Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Engler, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Eric D. Share, Supervising Deputy Atty. Gen., Amy Haddix and Laurence Sullivan, Deputy Attys. Gen., Office of The Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mary J. Greenwood, Public Defender, David W. Epps, Supervising Attorney, Stephen B. Elrick, Senior Trial Attorney, Alternate Defender Office, Santa Clara County, San Jose, CA, for Respondent Arthur Moreno Vibanco.