Davison was driving through an apartment building area plagued with an unusually high incidence of burglaries and assaults. Acting pursuant to a police department plan to combat crime by the random stopping of automobiles in the area between midnight and 6 a.m., a police officer stopped Davison and asked him for identification. As Davison handed the officer his license, the officer directed a flashlight into the automobile and saw what appeared to be the barrel of a shotgun protruding from under the front seat on the passenger side of the car. The office ordered Davison from the car, searched him, and discovered marijuana cigarettes and a shotgun. At Davison's trial for unlawful possession of narcotics, his motion to suppress the use of the marijuana as evidence should be
sustained, because the marijuana was discovered as a result of the unlawful stopping of Davison's automobile.  sustained, because the use of the flashlight constituted a search of the interior of Davison's automobile without probable cause.  denied, because the officer's conduct was consistent with the established police plan.  denied, because the discovery of the gun in plain view created the reasonable suspicion necessary to justify the arrest and search of Daviso
Question: Davison was driving through an apartment building area plagued with an unusually high incidence of burglaries and assaults. Acting pursuant to a police department plan to combat crime by the random stopping of automobiles in the area between midnight and 6 a.m., a police officer stopped Davison and asked him for identification. As Davison handed the officer his license, the officer directed a flashlight into the automobile and saw what appeared to be the barrel of a shotgun protruding from under the front seat on the passenger side of the car. The office ordered Davison from the car, searched him, and discovered marijuana cigarettes and a shotgun. At Davison's trial for unlawful possession of narcotics, his motion to suppress the use of the marijuana as evidence should be
A. sustained, because the marijuana was discovered as a result of the unlawful stopping of Davison's automobile. 
B. sustained, because the use of the flashlight constituted a search of the interior of Davison's automobile without probable cause. 
C. denied, because the officer's conduct was consistent with the established police plan. 
D. denied, because the discovery of the gun in plain view created the reasonable suspicion necessary to justify the arrest and search of Daviso
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