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PEOPLE v. MEDINA

Docket No. Crim. 15916.

6 Cal.3d 484 (1972)

492 P.2d 686

99 Cal. Rptr. 630

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JENARO SOTO MEDINA, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 20, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Howard E. Beckler for Defendant and Appellant.

Richard S. Buckley, Public Defender, James L. McCormick and Dennis A. Fischer, Deputy Public Defenders, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and John R. Evans, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

An information charged defendant with unlawfully possessing heroin for sale. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11500.5.) At a special pretrial hearing he moved to suppress evidence on the ground that it was obtained by an unreasonable search without a warrant. (Pen. Code, § 1538.5.) The superior court denied his motion. He then filed a timely, formally sufficient petition for a writ of prohibition to review...

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