California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hurtado-Diaz, G040404 (Cal. App. 6/24/2009), G040404. (Cal. App. 2009):
People v. Rodriguez (2006) 143 Cal.App.4th 1137, cited by defendant, is inapposite. Rodriguez reversed and remanded for a further evidentiary hearing to determine whether the alleged basis for the stop in that casea nonfunctioning taillightwas entirely fabricated. (Id. at pp. 1141, 1148-1149.) The evidence in this case does not show wholesale fabrication of probable cause.
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