Martinez v. Superior Court

Defendants were arrested and charged with violation of sections 11501 and 11500.5 of the Health and Safety Code; defendant De La Loza was also charged with a violation of section 11530 of that code. They made seasonable motions to dismiss the information, pursuant to section 995 of the Penal Code, and to suppress certain evidence, pui’suant to section 1538.5 of that code. Both motions were denied and they petitioned this court for a writ of mandate to compel the granting of their motion to suppress and for a writ of prohibition to prevent their trial. We granted an alternative writ of…