PEOPLE v. ZELINSKI

Docket No. Crim. 20284.

24 Cal.3d 357 (1979)

594 P.2d 1000

155 Cal. Rptr. 575

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. VIRGINIA ALVINIA ZELINSKI, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

May 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Paul Halvonik, State Public Defender, Charles M. Sevilla, Chief Assistant State Public Defender, Aurelio Munoz and Barbara L. Miner, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Howard J. Schwab and William R. Pounders, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

MANUEL, J.

Virginia Zelinski was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, heroin (Health & Saf. Code, § 11350). A motion to suppress evidence pursuant to Penal Code section 1538.5 was denied. She entered a plea of guilty and appeals. (Pen. Code, § 1538.5, subd. (m).) We reverse.

On March 21, 1976, Bruce Moore, a store detective employed by Zody's Department Store, observed defendant...

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