We issued an alternative writ of mandate in order to consider the legality of a warrantless search of a motor vehicle for contraband. It was based upon an untested "citizen informer's" untrue report of his observations which the superior court found was reasonably and in good faith believed by sheriff's officers to constitute probable cause for the search.
Substantial evidence established the following...
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