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PEOPLE v. BROWN

Docket No. Crim. 5765.

45 Cal.2d 640 (1955)

290 P.2d 528

THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. IRMA BROWN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 29, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, S. Ernest Roll, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Jere J. Sullivan, Lewis Watnick and Arthur L. Alarcon, Deputy District Attorneys, for Appellant.

Charles H. Matthews for Respondent.

A.L. Wirin and Fred Okrand as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

By information defendant was charged with one count of possessing heroin in violation of Health and Safety Code, section 11500, a felony. Her motion to set the information aside (see Pen. Code, § 995) was granted on the ground that all of the evidence of the crime other than admissions was obtained by an illegal search of her person in violation of her constitutional rights. The People appeal.

At about 7:30 p.m. on January 28, 1955, two deputy...

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