What is the test for police to stop and arrest a motorcyclist on the way to the scene of a murder?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Powell, 115 Cal.Rptr. 109, 40 Cal.App.3d 107 (Cal. App. 1974):
Appellant was not stopped or arrested because of any traffic violation. He was stopped on the basis of reasonable cause to investigate a murder. (People v. Mickelson (1963) 59 Cal.2d 448, 452, 30 Cal.Rptr. 18, 380 P.2d 658.) The relevant criterion is succinctly stated as follows:
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