Legal Opinion
People v. Yuna
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 26, 1980No. Crim. 20183PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SMITH, J.
This is an appeal from a conviction of possession of methamphetamine and LSD (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377). Appellant contends that the warrantless search of his car as well as a jacket found in its passenger compartment was unlawful. We uphold the search of the car but find that the search of the jacket was invalid because unjustified by any of the exceptions to the warrant requirement.
On April 11, 1978, at 8:20 p.m., a Santa Clara city policeman was patrolling an area of the city with a high incidence of criminal activity when he observed what appeared to him to be a drug…
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