People v. Taylor CA5

FACTS

On September 28, 2012, at approximately 12:00 p.m., California Highway Patrol Officer Greg Stoffel was on patrol traveling eastbound on State Route 190 near Springville when he saw a white pickup truck driven by Taylor speeding in the opposite direction. Stoffel measured the truck’s speed at 82 miles per hour with his radar unit and made a U-turn in order to pursue the truck. After the truck passed other vehicles by traveling in a two-way left turn lane, throwing up debris and rocks in the process, the officer activated his overhead lights and sirens. The pursuit continued at speeds of 80 to 100 miles per hour until Taylor slowed down almost to a stop and made a left turn onto Success Valley Drive, a narrow, bumpy road. This allowed Officer Stoffel to use his public address system to yell at Taylor to pull over. Taylor yelled back that he was not going back to jail. Taylor accelerated to 80 miles per hour and the pursuit continued until both vehicles came to a stop on the roadway at a sharp right turn in the road. Officer Stoffel then got out of his patrol car and stood behind the driver’s door of the truck as he spoke

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