Legal Opinion

People v. Watkins

California Court of Appeal

Decided February 9, 2009No. C058337PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

RAYE, J.

After the court denied defendant Stephen Cortney Watkins’s motion to suppress evidence obtained following a stop and search of his car (Pen. Code, § 1538.5) and his subsequent motion to dismiss the information (Pen. Code, § 995), a jury convicted him of possessing cocaine base for sale (count one; Health & Saf. Code, § 11351.5) and transporting cocaine base (count two; Health & Saf. Code, § 11352, subd. (a)). Sentenced to five years’ probation, including 180 days in county jail, defendant contends his motion to suppress evidence should have been granted because the vehicle stop…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. People v. LeybaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Ginns v. SavageCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964
  3. People v. WoodsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1999
  4. People v. SandersCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003
  5. People v. Jaime P.California Supreme Court · 2006

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. People v. DurantCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2012
  2. People v. Thomas, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
  3. People v. Mathews, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2017
  4. People v. Mathews, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
  5. Evans v. ShiomotoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2019

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