People v. Moore

Defendant, having been convicted of bookmaking, appeals from the judgment and an order denying her motion for new trial. Defendant voluntarily and fully confessed the crime to the police after her arrest, and her counsel do not now suggest that she is innocent. The only claim made in support of the appeal is that material evidence was obtained through an unlawful search and seizure and should not have been admitted at the trial.

On January 26, 1955, at about 2 ¡00 p. m., seven sheriff’s deputies and one officer of the Compton Police Department, went to a residence at 1816 Ezmirlian Street, in…