Legal Opinion
People v. Mitchell
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 10, 1995No. A067837PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CORRIGAN, J.
Following her plea of no contest to one count of possession of methamphetamine, defendant Theresa May Mitchell appeals on the sole ground that her motion to suppress evidence was erroneously denied. We disagree and affirm the judgment. We hold here that pursuant to the arrest of an occupant of a vehicle, police may search the passenger compartment and any containers therein, including containers belonging to nonarrested individuals.
Facts
At approximately 11 p.m. on the night of February 4, 1994, Napa County Deputy Sheriff Mark Foster stopped a car with an unlighted…
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