Legal Opinion
People v. Cappellia
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 23, 1989No. G005222PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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SCOVILLE, P. J.
After a jury trial, defendant Richard James Cappellia was convicted of offering to sell heroin. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11352.) Defendant contends the court (1) improperly denied his pretrial motion to suppress evidence, and (2) improperly refused to admit into evidence certain postarrest police conduct which supported a defense of entrapment. We disagree, and affirm the judgment.
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The police had been informed defendant was selling heroin from a barbershop in Huntington Beach. On December 19, 1985, defendant agreed to sell heroin the following day to Officer Gildea, a…
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