Legal Opinion
People v. Wells
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 17, 1985No. D001317PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LEWIS, J.
—David Mason Wells appeals after the trial court denied his motion to suppress evidence (Pen. Code, § 1538.5), he pled guilty to selling cocaine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11352) and the trial court granted him probation. Wells seeks reversal contending the Posse Comitatus Act (18 U.S.C.A., § 1385), proscribing wilful use of the military to execute the laws, was violated and thus his suppression motion should have been granted.
In September 1982, with the goal of taking illegal drug dealers off the streets of the City of Oceanside and thus minimizing the flow of drugs into nearby…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Chandler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1948
- United States v. Ruby Davidson Walden and William Luther WaldenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. McArthurDistrict Court, D. North Dakota · 1976
- Wrynn v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1961
- People v. BurdenMichigan Supreme Court · 1981
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Larry Charbert Hayes v. Warden Hawes and Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General for the State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- City of Airway Heights v. DilleyCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1986
- State v. CooperNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1998
- People v. HayesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
- Wright v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
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