Legal Opinion
People v. Martinez
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 6, 1970No. Crim. 16746PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
JEFFERSON, J.
This is an appeal by the People (under Pen. Code, § 1238, subd. 7), from an order of dismissal entered after evidence was suppressed under Penal Code, section 1538.5. For reasons to follow, we have concluded that the order of dismissal must be reversed.
On December 9, 1968, at about 5:15 p.m., Officer Sonntag and his partner were on routine patrol in a marked police vehicle when they turned onto Ardilla Street in a developed residential area of Valinda (an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County). It was then twilight and as they approached the vicinity of 329 Ardilla the…
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