PEOPLE v. MERCHANT

Docket No. 13125.

260 Cal.App.2d 875 (1968)

67 Cal. Rptr. 459

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSEPH ARNOLD MERCHANT, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

April 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Fusilier for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Walter R. Jones, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


FLEMING, J.

Merchant was convicted of a violation of Penal Code, section 12021, which prohibits felons from possessing concealable firearms. He contests the admissibility of evidence obtained from him before he had been properly advised of his constitutional rights.

Officer Garrison of the Los Angeles Police Department was told by a woman informant that an ex-convict had a gun in his room at a certain address...

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