BYRD v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 33801.

268 Cal.App.2d 495 (1968)

73 Cal. Rptr. 880

JAMES MITCHELL BYRD, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

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

December 23, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan M. Myerson for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Evelle J. Younger, District Attorney, Harry Wood and Harry B. Sondheim, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.


WAPNER, J. pro tem.*

Petitioner herein was charged with violation of section 11530 of the Health and Safety Code. He made a timely motion under section 1538.5, Penal Code, to suppress evidence of marijuana found on his person.

[1] The testimony discloses that petitioner was a passenger in a vehicle which was stopped for a traffic violation. (The officer could not read the rear license plate from a distance of 50 feet...

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