Legal Opinion

People v. Fisher

California Court of Appeal

Decided March 14, 2002No. C036014PublishedCited by 18 opinions

[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

HULL, J.

In the published portion of this opinion we decide that law enforcement officers are not required to abandon a search for marijuana authorized by a search warrant when a resident of the premises to be searched produces documents that suggest he has a physician’s permission to possess the marijuana pursuant to the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, codified as Health and Safety Code section 11362.5 (all unspecified statutory references are to the Health and Safety Code).

Facts and Procedural History

On July 30, 1999, a Siskiyou County deputy sheriff participating in a flyover of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. Boo Doo HongCalifornia Supreme Court · 1898
  2. People v. MartinezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1953
  3. People v. FuentesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1990

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. People v. WoodsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2006
  2. County of Butte v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2009
  3. People v. MoretCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2010
  4. Barnett v. State Farm General InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2011
  5. People v. ClarkCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2014

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