In re Andrew R. CA1/3
After the juvenile court denied his Welfare and Institutions Code section 700.1 motion to suppress evidence, appellant Andrew R. admitted an allegation that he assaulted a police officer under Penal Code section 243, subdivision (c)(2). The court declared Andrew a ward of the court and placed him on probation. Andrew now appeals from the juvenile court’s order denying his suppression motion. He contends he was subject to a de facto arrest by police without probable cause, or alternatively, he argues police detained him without reasonable suspicion. As such, he asserts all the evidence obtained from his unconstitutional seizure should have been excluded and the court’s dispositional order should be reversed. We agree with the juvenile court’s determination that the police’s initial seizure of Andrew was a detention, not an arrest, supported by reasonable suspicion. We conclude no Fourth Amendment violation occurred, so we affirm.
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