# People v. Superior Court

> California Supreme Court · December 31, 1970 · 3 Cal. 3d 807

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9629326

## Case

- **Full name:** The PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF YOLO COUNTY, Respondent; MARTELL DEAN KIEFER Et Al., Real Parties in Interest
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** December 31, 1970
- **Citations:** 3 Cal. 3d 807; 91 Cal. Rptr. 729; 478 P.2d 449; 45 A.L.R. 3d 559; 1970 Cal. LEXIS 249
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by McCOMB
- **Judges:** Mosk, McComb
- **Cited by:** 232 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9629326

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding probable cause to arrest traffic offender insufficient basis to sustain warrantless search of vehicle
- explaining why mere furtive gestures, without more, do not establish probable cause

## Opinion text

McCOMB, J.
I dissent. I would grant the writ.

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9629326. Public record. Not legal advice.