Parsley v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
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…
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