Legal Opinion
People v. Douglas
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 28, 2015No. A140279PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
STREETER, J.
Lathel Douglas, after being apprehended in Richmond carrying a loaded .380-caliber semiautomatic handgun, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm (Pen. Code, 1 § 29800) and admitted a prior prison commitment (§ 667.5, subd. (b)) in exchange for a lower term prison sentence. The issue on appeal is whether the weapon seized from him should have been suppressed as the fruit of an unconstitutional detention.
The People justify the detention on the ground Douglas was on post-release community supervision (PRCS) and therefore subject to a mandatory search…
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