Legal Opinion
People v. Mendoza
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 24, 1986No. G001489PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CROSBY, J.
This case presents difficult search and seizure issues involving the warrantless entry of a home and search of a shoulder bag found inside.
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About 3:15 p.m. on June 22, 1983, Carl Vidano, a Huntington Beach narcotics sergeant, received a tip from a reliable informant that a Latin male named Jose, driving a white Volkswagen Jetta, would deliver at least a pound of cocaine to a certain home on Loclea Avenue within an hour. Vidano had known the informant for more than 4 years, and he had supplied reliable information on at least 10 previous occasions which led to the arrest of…
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- People v. MendozaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986