MESTAS v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 22807.

7 Cal.3d 537 (1972)

498 P.2d 977

102 Cal. Rptr. 729

JACK GALLEGOS MESTAS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Sheldon Portman, Public Defender, Rose Elizabeth Bird, Anthony E. Scarr and Terry A. Green, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Herbert L. Ashby, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Eric Collins, John T. Murphy and Don Jacobson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

Defendant seeks mandate to review an order of the superior court denying his motion to suppress evidence discovered in a routine inventory search of the trunk of his car. Condemned in our opinion in Mozzetti v. Superior Court (1971) 4 Cal.3d 699 [94 Cal.Rptr. 412, 484 P.2d 84], this type...

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