Can a furtive gesture with prior reliable information constitute probable cause?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Superior Court, 3 Cal.3d 807, 45 A.L.R.3d 559, 478 P.2d 449, 91 Cal.Rptr. 729 (Cal. 1970):
A few distinguishable examples will serve to set the scene. A furtive gesture coupled with prior reliable information may constitute probable cause. (People v. Jiminez (1956) supra, 143 Cal.App.2d 671, 673, 300 P.2d 68 (downward motion of a juvenile sitting with others in a car
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