Legal Opinion
People v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 3, 1981No. Civ. No. 60651PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FILES, P. J.
This is a mandate proceeding brought by the People to review an order of the respondent court under Penal Code section 1538.5 suppressing the contents of a plastic baggie which had been taken from the closed engine compartment of an automobile.
In the underlying superior court action the defendant (real party in interest here) was charged with possession of phencyclidine, commonly known as PCP, for sale in violation of Health and Safety Code section 11378.5. The motion to suppress was submitted upon the testimony of Deputy Sheriff McCann received at the preliminary…
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