People v. Grace

Opinion

AULT, J.

Defendant Edward Arthur Grace appeals from an order granting probation entered after he pleaded nolo contendere to possession of dangerous drugs (Health & Saf. Code, § 11910, now § 11350) following denial of his motion to suppress evidence under Penal Code section 1538.5. He contends the motion to suppress evidence should have been granted because (1) the police stopped his car without legal justification, (2) his subsequent detention, interrogation, and pát-down search were illegal, and (3) Ms consent to a later search which revealed the contraband was not voluntary, and, in…