In re A.L. CA3
After a robbery involving a firearm and an investigatory stop of a vehicle driven by minor A.L., officers searched the vehicle and found a loaded handgun under the driver seat. Minor moved to suppress the seized evidence, but the juvenile court denied the motion. The parties agreed to a negotiated disposition in which minor admitted he had carried a concealed weapon in a motor vehicle. Minor was adjudged a ward of the juvenile court and placed on probation.
Minor now contends the initial stop was unlawful as the officer did not have a reasonable basis to stop him; the subsequent search of the car went beyond the scope of the detention; and his consent to search was not voluntary, as it was given without benefit of Miranda warnings and the detention had become an unlawful de facto arrest.
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