PEOPLE v. BURKE

Docket No. Crim. 7914.

61 Cal.2d 575 (1964)

394 P.2d 67

39 Cal. Rptr. 531

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ROY CHARLES BURKE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 30, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Davis, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Charles H. Matthews, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and C. Anthony Collins, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

The sole question presented on this appeal is whether certain evidence introduced at the trial of defendant was obtained as the result of an illegal search and seizure.

About 4 a.m. on February 22, 1962, Dr. Norman Lavet went to his office at 1449 North Gardner Street, Los Angeles, in answer to a call from the police. He found that his office had been ransacked and that several items were missing, including...

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