PEOPLE v. FIERRO

Docket No. 3694.

236 Cal.App.2d 344 (1965)

46 Cal. Rptr. 132

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. OSCAR W. FIERRO, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

August 4, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Carter McMorris, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorney General, Edward A. Hinz, Jr., and Daniel J. Kremer, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


FRIEDMAN, J.

Defendant Fierro was tried and convicted of possessing heroin in violation of Health and Safety Code section 11500. Defendant contends that the heroin introduced in evidence was the product of an illegal search and seizure.

On July 13, 1963, Fierro registered at a motel in West Sacramento under an assumed name. The motel manager, John Sommer, suspected him of being a narcotic user and pusher because he usually left his room only at nighttime,...

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