Legal Opinion

People v. Ferguson

California Court of Appeal

Decided May 30, 2003No. C036911PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

MORRISON, J.

Following denial of his motion to suppress the evidence (Pen. Code, § 1538.5), 1 defendant Robert Bruce Ferguson pleaded no contest to a felony charge of possessing a controlled substance. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a).) The trial court sentenced him to three years in state prison, suspended the sentence, and committed him to the California Rehabilitation Center as a narcotics addict. (See Welf. & Inst. Code, § 3051.)

Defendant claims the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress the evidence, which had been discovered by police in a search following a…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Illinois v. KrullSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Arizona v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  4. Pennsylvania Bd. of Probation and Parole v. ScottSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  5. People v. LentCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Hutto v. StateCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2007
  2. County of Placer v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2005
  3. People v. Maxwell CA3California Court of Appeal · 2013
  4. People v. Pour CA3California Court of Appeal · 2015

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