P. v. Micklon CA1/4
Micklon’s probation report provides the following factual background, which we need only briefly summarize. While police were on patrol, they noticed a vehicle slowly drive past them. Police followed the vehicle to perform a “records check” because it was the only vehicle driving through an evacuated area and because police had been receiving calls of looting in the area. When police conducted a traffic stop, the vehicle slowly drove to the side of the road and then proceeded into the abutting vegetation; the driver then exited the vehicle and fled on foot.
Police lost sight of the suspect during the foot pursuit, but later noticed headlights turn on from another truck, and assisting officers noticed another truck drive in the opposite direction. When that other truck, a Ford F150, failed to pull over after police activated their lights, the driver “hid[] his face” as police drove by. This caused police to turn around and follow that vehicle.
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