Legal Opinion
People v. Bock Leung Chew
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 19, 1956No. Crim. 3178PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDooling, J.
Defendant was charged with possessing a preparation of yen shee in violation of Health and Safety Code, section 11500. His motion to set the information aside (Pen. Code, § 995) was granted on the ground that all of the evidence against him was obtained by an illegal search and seizure in violation of his constitutional rights. The People appeal.
At the preliminary hearing Police Officer McKinley testified that on the evening of April 5, 1955, at about 9 :15 p. m. he and another police officer happened to be in an apartment building located at 823 Grant Avenue. They had never been in the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Badillo v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
- People v. SimonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- Vaillancourt v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1969
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