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People v. Woods

California Supreme Court

Decided August 26, 1999No. S068741PublishedCited by 148 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BAXTER, J.

Gayla Loza agreed, as a condition of felony probation, to submit her residence to warrantless searches. During a warrantless search of Loza’s residence, police officers uncovered evidence of criminal activity (drugs and firearms) against Cheryl Jeanene Woods and William B. Benson, who shared the residence with Loza. Woods and Benson successfully moved to suppress the evidence on the ground it had been obtained as the result of a pretextual probation search.

We granted review to consider whether a warrantless search of a probationer’s house is constitutionally invalid when it…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  4. United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by148 opinions

  1. United States v. KnightsSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
  2. People v. TullyCalifornia Supreme Court · 2012
  3. State v. CowansOhio Supreme Court · 1999
  4. People v. CarringtonCalifornia Supreme Court · 2009
  5. People v. LomaxCalifornia Supreme Court · 2010

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