People v. Needham
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VARTABEDIAN, Acting P. J.
Defendant Van Hugh Needham pled guilty to possessing methamphetamine and an opium pipe after the court denied his motion to suppress evidence. On appeal, he claims (1) the police lacked reasonable suspicion to detain him, (2) he was detained for an unreasonable period of time, and (3) the inventory search was unreasonable in scope. In the published portion of this opinion we discuss matters concerning inventory searches of motorcycles. We affirm.
Facts and Proceedings
In the afternoon of July 24, 1998, a Hispanic male ran from the backyard of Luz Villegas’s home…
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