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MOZZETTI v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. Sac. 7882.

4 Cal.3d 699 (1971)

484 P.2d 84

94 Cal. Rptr. 412

SHARON RAE MOZZETTI, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 30, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Miller & Ford and James T. Ford for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Thomas C. Lynch and Evelle J. Younger, Attorneys General, Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorney General, Roger E. Venturi, Daniel J. Kremer and Michael V. Franchetti, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

When authorized by statute to remove from the highway and store a vehicle until the owner subsequently reclaims it, police officers routinely compile a complete inventory of the contents of the vehicle prior to storage. (1a) Petitioner, charged with possession of marijuana, seeks a writ of mandate to compel the respondent superior court to suppress evidence seized when police inventoried the contents...

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