Michigan Supreme Court· 6/12/2001

People v. Oliver

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627 N.W.2d 297
464 Mich. 184

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explaining that individual facts that appear innocent when viewed in isolation may, when taken together, amount to reasonable suspicion
identifying time and distance from the event and scene of the crime as factors to consider in determining whether a stop was reasonable
“[L]aw enforcement officers are permitted, if not required, to consider the modes or patterns of operation of certain kinds of lawbreakers.”
“[I]n itself, there is certainly nothing suspicious about four men occupying a car that is leaving an apartment complex.”
where 2 bank robbers fled on foot, officer properly sought vehicle in vicinity with at least 3 occupants, given his knowledge that in bank robbery cases there is usually a getaway car with driver
the defendants avoided eye contact with police; the defendants matched the description of bank robbers who had committed a recently reported robbery within a quarter mile of where they were stopped, which was in an area where police believed the robbers had likely fled

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Judges: Corrigan, Weaver, Young, Markman, Taylor, Kelly, Cavanagh

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