People v. Reyes

Opinion

CROSBY, J.

Manuel Henry Reyes pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine after the superior court denied his motion to suppress. Reyes contends the use of a ruse by the police led to an unlawful detention and any consent to a warrantless search of his person was a product of that illegality. We agree and reverse.

I

On the afternoon of October 12, 1998, five narcotics officers from the Anaheim Police Department, led by investigator Michael Haggerty, went to a local apartment. Their mission was to conduct a narcotics investigation at a residence occupied by a parolee, Deborah Ann…