PEOPLE v. SOBERANES

Docket Nos. 16692, 16852.

97 Cal.App.3d Supp. 21 (1979)

159 Cal. Rptr. 155

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CARLOS R. SOBERANES, Defendant and Appellant. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BRUCE LYN COOK, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Appellate Department, Superior Court, Los Angeles.

May 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John A. Vander Lans, City Prosecutor, Gary J. Ferrari and Gerry L. Ensley, Deputy City Prosecutors, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Susan L. Wolk for Defendant and Appellant. Burt Pines, City Attorney, Rand Schrader and Jane Smith, Deputy City Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender, Dennis A. Fischer, James E. Piper and Stephen F. Moeller, Deputy Public Defenders, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

DOWDS, J.

In each of these cases the defendant was subjected to a body search after being found arguably in possession of less than one ounce of marijuana.1 In each case a motion was made to suppress the evidence discovered as a result of such search. In People v. Soberanes the motion was denied and defendant appeals. In People v. Cook the motion was granted and the...

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