Ferdin v. Superior Court

Opinion

DEVINE, Acting P. J. *

Petitioner, Hilberto Ferdin, was charged by information with violation of Health and Safety Code section 11500.5 (possession of heroin for sale). Pursuant to Penal Code section 1538.5, he moved to suppress certain evidence in the Alameda County Superior Court. The court denied the motion, and petitioner now seeks a writ of mandate to compel suppression of the evidence seized.

On October 7, 1971, an untested informant told Detective Guzman of the Union City Police Department that one Hector Garcia, an alien illegally in this country, was transporting large amounts…