People v. Fitch

VALLÉE, J.

Appeals by the People from orders granting the motions of defendants to set aside informations on the grounds they had been committed without reasonable or probable cause. (Pen. Code, § 995.) One information accused defendant Fitch of possession of marijuana; the other accused defendant Robbins of the same offense. The informations were consolidated for the purpose of the preliminary hearing only. The appeals will be disposed of in one opinion.

These facts were established at the preliminary: Prior to the events in question Officer Vetter of the Downey Police Department had known…