Legal Opinion
Burke v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 7, 1974No. Civ. No. 34352PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ELKINGTON, J.
We issued an alternative writ of mandate in order to consider the legality of a warrantless search of a motor vehicle for contraband. It was based upon an untested “citizen informer’s” untrue report of his observations which the superior court found was reasonably and in good faith believed by sheriff’s officers to constitute probable cause for the search.
Substantial evidence established the following to the satisfaction of the respondent superior court.
A person describing himself by name and as a reserve Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputy telephoned the Sonoma County…
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- Burke v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974