Legal Opinion
People v. Smith
California Supreme Court
Decided May 23, 1972No. Crim. 16137PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
Defendants Edward T. Smith and Sammie A. Blinn were charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11530.) Their motion to suppress the evidence on the ground of illegal search and seizure (Pen. Code, § 1538.5) was granted, and the informa,tion was ordered dismissed (Pen. Code, § 1385). The People appeal. (Pen. Code, § 1238, subds. (a)(1) and (a)(7).)
The motion to suppress was submitted on the transcript of the. preliminary examination. At that hearing only two witnesses testified, Mrs. Blanche Kirsch and Police Officer James Brown.
Mrs. Kirsch was the…
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