People v. Herrera

Defendant was convicted on April 13, 1966 of unlawful possession of narcotics. * 1 He appeals, contending: (1) that the arrest was unlawful because the police lacked probable cause to arrest him without a warrant; (2) that the arrest was unlawful because the arresting officers had no justifiable excuse for failure to obtain an arrest warrant; (3) that evidence of defendant’s possession of narcotics must be suppressed because his arrest for pandering was used as a mere pretext to allow officers to conduct an illegal search, and (4) that the warrantless search of the entire premises where…