Legal Opinion

Parsley v. Superior Court

California Supreme Court

Decided August 28, 1973No. L.A. 30104PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

MOSK, J.

Defendants, charged with violation of three sections of the Health and Safety Code, moved unsuccessfully to set aside the information pursuant to Penal Code section 995, 1 and failed to obtain a writ of prohibition in the Court of Appeal. We granted defendants’ petition for hearing in order to decide whether a magistrate who issues a search warrant may relieve police officers of the statutory duty to give notice of their authority and purpose before entering a house to serve a warrant.

On March 17, 1972, officers of the Riverside Police Department executed a search warrant for a…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. People v. BittakerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1989
  2. People v. CookCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
  3. State v. ClevelandWisconsin Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Commonwealth v. ScaliseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  5. State v. BamberSupreme Court of Florida · 1994

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