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PEOPLE v. LEE

Calendar No. 14, Docket No. 50,194.

371 Mich. 563 (1963)

124 N.W.2d 736

PEOPLE v. LEE.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 2, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Samuel H. Olsen, Prosecuting Attorney, Samuel J. Torina, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Marvin Blake, for defendant.

Amicus Curiae:

American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, by Rolland R. O'Hare, Erwin B. Ellmann, and Melba A. Kopel, of counsel.

O'HARA, J.

Defendant was convicted of possession of narcotics.* The circumstances of his arrest are best related by direct quotations from the testimony of the arresting officers:

Direct Examination — Sergeant Charles Wolfenden:

"Q. Now, at the time you made this arrest what was your reason for the arrest?

"A. I observed the defendant make a righthand turn off the expressway at Harper...

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