PEOPLE v. McGAUGHRAN

Docket No. Crim. 20293.

25 Cal.3d 577 (1979)

601 P.2d 207

159 Cal. Rptr. 191

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LARRY SANCHEZ McGAUGHRAN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

October 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Paul N. Halvonik and Quin Denvir, State Public Defenders, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Clifton R. Jeffers and Ezra Hendon, Chief Assistant State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger and George Deukmejian, Attorneys General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, William D. Stein, Linda Ludlow and David Schneller, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

D. Lowell Jensen, District Attorney (Alameda), John J. Meehan, Assistant District Attorney, and Rodney J. Blonien as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

Defendant was convicted of burglary committed by breaking into a locked automobile with intent to steal. (Pen. Code, § 459.) On this appeal from the judgment, he contends primarily that the superior court should have granted his pretrial motion to suppress the evidence on the ground of illegal search and seizure. (Pen. Code, § 1538.5.) We conclude that his point...

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