People v. Lee

Opinion

WORK, J.

Stephen Terrill Lee appeals from a judgment convicting him of possessing cocaine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11350),1 claiming his warrantless arrest and the seizure of cocaine from his private law office was *745nonconsensual and under nonexigent circumstances, and violated his constitutional right to be free from unreasonable seizures. His motion to suppress the cocaine discovered as a direct result of the arrest was denied on the sole stated ground the lower court believed Lee was not entitled to protection from warrantless arrest in his private law office, accessible only after…