People v. Lawson

Opinion

DEVINE, P, J.

Appellant pleaded guilty to violation of section 11500 of the Health and Safety Code (possession of heroin). He had made a motion to suppress the evidence, which was denied, and therefore he is entitled to appellate review despite his plea of guilty. (Pen. Code, § 1538.5, subd. (m).)

On January 3, 1968, at approximately 2:15 a.m., four uniformed police officers went to the door of 102 Haight Street, San Francisco, in an attempt to locate one Sigmund Sprintz, who was known to one of the officers, Daniels, as a narcotics peddler and who was suspected as the perpetrator of a…