People v. Haney

In People v. Haney, 192 Mich App 207; 480 NW2d 322 (1991), the Court held that regardless of an officer's subjective intent in making a stop, where his actions constitute "no more than he is legally permitted and objectively authorized to do," the stop will be considered constitutionally valid as "necessarily reasonable under the Fourth Amendment." Id. at 210-211. The question is whether, when objectively viewed, the officer's conduct was valid, without regard to any "subjective intent" the officer may have possessed at the time of the stop. Id.