People v. McCarthy

Opinion

ABBE, J. *

Appellants have appealed their convictions of possession of over one-half ounce of heroin on the ground that the identity of an informant was improperly withheld and that a search warrant had become stale.

On January 23, 1976, an Oakland police officer, Gary Haywood, obtained a search warrant authorizing the search of the person of Dorothy McCarthy and the premises of 866 30th Street, Oakland, California. The warrant was served on January 27, 1976.

When Officer Haywood arrived at the house on 866 30th Street, he knocked and in response to a male voice who asked, “[w]ho is it,”…