Legal Opinion
People v. Stoffle
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 24, 1991No. C009037PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DAVIS, J.
Defendant was charged with cocaine possession. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11350.) After the magistrate granted defendant’s motion to suppress at the preliminary hearing, the superior court granted the People’s motion to reinstate the complaint. Eventually, defendant succeeded in convincing the superior court to grant his consolidated motion to suppress and motion to set aside the information; from this superior court decision the People appeal. The issue on appeal is whether the evidence was seized from the passenger compartment of defendant’s car as a search incident to arrest…
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