Legal Opinion
Brown v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 10, 1973No. Civ. 32991PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ELKINGTON, J.
We issued an alternative writ of prohibition to inquire into the validity of a search which produced evidence essential to a successful prosecution of petitioner Annie Brown on a narcotics charge. The questions presented relate to police compliance with Penal Code section 1531 (one of the so-called “knock and notice” statutes), and an alleged search of petitioner, an occupant of the subject premises.
The superior court had denied motions to dismiss the charge (see Pen. Code, § 995), and to suppress the subject evidence (see Pen. Code, § 1538.5). Our inquiry is not how we,…
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