Supreme Court of California

Custodial arrests for fine-only offenses do not violate the Fourth Amendment, and compliance with state arrest procedures is not a component of the federal constitutional inquiry.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/04/2002
• Published 03/04/2002

Judges

• BAXTER, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Richard L. Fitzer, Los Angeles, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner and Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Marc E. Turchin, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack and Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant  Attorneys General, Jaime L. Fuster, Steven D. Matthews and Thomas C. Hsieh, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.