Supreme Court of California

Conviction of driving with a blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) over .08 percent, Veh. Code section 23152(b), and admitted a BAC exceeding .15 percent, section 23578, is affirmed where: 1) defendant was detained when the police emergency lights were activated; 2) a reasonable person under the circumstances would not have felt free to leave and defendant submitted to the show of authority by remaining in his parked car; and 3) defendant's brief detention was supported by reasonable suspicion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/06/2015
• Published 08/06/2015

Judges

• CORRIGAN

Court

• Supreme Court of California

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