Does a police officer have a valid search warrant for the seizure of a driver's license?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Ho (In re Ho), B279939, B291923 (Cal. App. 2019):

Appellant posits that she was detained when Officer Connors took her driver's license and held on to it until she was leaving for the police station. According to appellant, this was unlawful because Officer Connors could not "point to specific articulable facts that, considered in light of the totality of the circumstances, provide[d] some objective manifestation that" appellant might have been involved in criminal activity. (People v. Souza (1994) 9 Cal.4th 224, 231.)

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