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State v. Mendez

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  • 970 P.2d 722

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  • holding that the passenger was not seized when the vehicle was stopped; he was seized when the officer demanded that he return to the vehicle after trying to walk away
  • accepting Mimms rule under state constitution, but declining to extend it to passengers
  • overruled on other grounds by Brendlin v. California, ___ U.S. ___, 127 S.Ct. 2400, 168 L.Ed.2d 132 (2007)

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Judges: Talmadge

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