PEOPLE v. ROSALES

Docket No. A043249.

211 Cal.App.3d 325 (1989)

259 Cal. Rptr. 503

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CRUZ ROSALES, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

May 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sugiyama, Assistant Attorney General, Mark S. Howell and Stan Helfman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Steve Emery Teich for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

RACANELLI, P.J.

In this People's appeal, we examine the question whether the act of a police officer in seizing defendant's wrist and removing his hand from his pants pocket was lawful.

FACTS

The facts are uncontroverted:

On the afternoon of October 14, 1987, San Francisco Police Officer Peter Siragusa received an anonymous telephone tip that Pedro Rosales and Jose Rosales were selling heroin out...

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