In what circumstances will a defendant who was wearing only a pair of pants and carrying a gun be held at gunpoint by the police?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Cespedes, 191 Cal.App.3d 768, 236 Cal.Rptr. 649 (Cal. App. 1987):
In People v. Justin, supra, the police went to defendant's house to investigate a report of gunshots. Arriving on the scene they observed defendant wearing only a pair of pants and carrying a gun. He claimed intruders had entered his home and that he had shot two of them and their
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