California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Johnson, F060077, Kern Super. Ct. No. BF129298A (Cal. App. 2011):
detention will be justified if the combination of circumstances also supports a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. [Citation.]" (People v. Daugherty (1996) 50 Cal.App.4th 275, 287.)" ' [T]he relevant inquiry is not whether particular conduct is "innocent" or "guilty," but the degree of suspicion that attaches to particular types of noncriminal acts.' " (Sokolow, supra, 490 U.S. at p. 10.)
The concept of reasonable suspicion cannot be reduced to " 'a neat set of legal rules.' [Citation.]" (Sokolow, supra, 490 U.S. at p. 7.) "The guiding principle in determining the propriety of an investigatory detention is 'the reasonableness in all the circumstances of the particular governmental invasion of a citizen's personal security.' [Citations.] In making our determination, we examine 'the totality of the circumstances' in each case. [Citations.]" (People v. Wells, supra, 38 Cal.4th at p. 1083.)
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