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People v. Freeman

Citations

  • 320 N.W.2d 878
  • 413 Mich. 492

How courts have described this case

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  • a lone vehicle idling in a darkened parking lot at 12:30 a.m. does not, without more, support a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity
  • a lone vehicle idling in a darkened parking lot at 12:30 a.m. does not, without more, support a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity
  • the defendant “was ‘seized’ within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment when the police officers asked him to leave his automobile”
  • “A lone automobile idling in a darkened parking lot late at night does not, without more, support a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.”
  • defendant seized when police officer asked him to leave his vehicle and produce identification
  • “Merely entering the private property of another is not an offense unless one has been forbidden to do so or refuses to depart after having been told to do so by a proper person.”

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Judges: Kavanagh, Levin, Fitzgerald, Ryan, Moody, Coleman, Williams

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