People v. Searle

Opinion

ELIA, J.

An information filed in Monterey County charged appellant Dan Howland Searle, Jr., with three counts of selling cocaine (counts I-III; Health & Saf. Code, § 11352) and one count of carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle (count IV; Pen. Code, § 12025, subd. (a).) Appellant pled guilty to count IV and was convicted, after a jury trial, of counts I-III. He was sentenced to a total term of seven years and eight months in state prison. We affirm.

Facts and Procedural Background

In May 1987 Mare Shields, an informant, told Detective Stephen Perry-man that Tracy Ann Mackley was…