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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS


PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF DEARBORN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v MOHAMMED CHAHINE and SUMNER McNEAL, Defendants-Appellees.

UNPUBLISHED January 13, 1998

No. 185114 Wayne Circuit Court LC No. 94-406474 AR

Before: Gage, P.J., and Murphy and Reilly, JJ. MEMORANDUM. By leave granted, plaintiff appeals a Wayne Circuit Court order, reversing defendants' district court convictions for resisting and obstructing a police officer in the performance of duty, under a local ordinance corresponding to MCL 750.479; MSA 28.747, on grounds that the stop of defendants' motor vehicle and their subsequent detention was a violation of their Fourth Amendment rights. We reverse. Defendants' vehicle initially came to the attention of the arresting officer when it was observed stopped in such fashion as to straddle two parking spaces at a convenience store, marked as reserved for handicappers pursuant to

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