People v. Posey CA2/4

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY

On July 28, 2011, at about 3:30 a.m., several plainclothes police officers from the Los Angeles Police Department criminal gang homicide division were conducting surveillance from a white van in connection with a homicide that had occurred the day before. When the officers noticed a grey 2009 Chevrolet Impala circling the area, they radioed a nearby group of uniformed officers to watch for this vehicle. The plainclothes officers then saw appellant exit the driver’s seat of the Impala, while a woman exited from the front passenger seat. Appellant and the passenger then approached a nearby house. Two men met them at the front porch. The plainclothes officers saw all four of them looking in the direction of the white van. An officer heard one of the males ask, “Who’s in the van right there?” For the purposes of officer safety, the plainclothes officers then drove to a different, nearby location. About 10 or 15 minutes later, the Impala drove past the white van another two times. Each time, as the Impala was parallel to the van, the Impala slowed down, and only sped up again once it had passed the van. The plainclothes officers noticed that appellant had…