Supreme Court of California

Denial of a motion to suppress evidence in a prosecution for possession of heroin, driving under the influence of a controlled substance, and related offenses is affirmed where, under the circumstances of the case, the grave risks posed by an intoxicated highway driver justified the minimal intrusion of a brief investigatory traffic stop.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/26/2006
• Published 06/26/2006

Judges

• CHIN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Elizabeth Campbell, Sacramento, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, Janet E. Neeley, Doris Calandra, Kathleen A. McKenna, Robert P. Whitlock and Connie A. Proctor, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.