Legal Opinion
Wimberly v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Decided March 19, 1976No. L.A. 30458PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WRIGHT, C. J.
Petitioners are charged with possession of marijuana for sale and transportation of marijuana. (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 11359, 11360.) Their motion to suppress contraband evidence was denied by the respondent court at a pretrial hearing. (Pen. Code, § 1538.5, subd. (i).) Petitioners now seek a writ mandating the respondent to vacate its ruling and to suppress the evidence. (Id.)
Petitioners contend that all contraband seized by the officers who arrested them must be suppressed because the officers lacked initial probable cause to search the passenger compartment of…
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