California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. O.T. (In re O.T.), A146793 (Cal. App. 2017):
The determination of reasonable suspicion is based on the totality of the circumstances confronting the officer, who must be able to " 'point to specific and articulable facts which, taken together with rational inferences from those facts,' would warrant the intrusion." (People v. Souza (1994) 9 Cal.4th 224, 229-230.) " 'An action is "reasonable" under the Fourth Amendment, regardless of the individual officer's state of mind, "as long as the circumstances, viewed objectively, justify [the] action." [Citation.]
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The officer's subjective motivation is irrelevant.' " (People v. Letner and Tobin (2010) 50 Cal.4th 99, 145.)
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