People v. Superior Court

Opinion

SELBER, J. *

The People seek relief by way of mandate pursuant to section 1538.5, subdivision (o) of the Penal Code from an order of the respondent court suppressing certain evidence in a criminal action against certain defendants, who are the real parties in interest herein.

The three exhibits which were ordered suppressed by respondent court and which constitute the gravamen of this petition are but a small part of the considerable evidence seized by the police during the execution of a search warrant on defendants’ premises. The warrant did not call for the seizure of the items…