PEOPLE v. THOMAS

Docket No. B088241.

38 Cal.App.4th 1331 (1995)

45 Cal. Rptr.2d 610

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MAJOR LEE THOMAS, Defendant and Appellant.

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

October 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Lisa M. Bassis, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth C. Byrne and Emilio E. Varanini IV, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

VOGEL (Miriam A.), J.

After the trial court denied Major Lee Thomas's motion to suppress evidence obtained in a warrantless search of his "residence" — a cardboard box located on a public sidewalk — Thomas pled no contest to one count of receiving stolen property. He now appeals, contending he had a reasonable expectation of privacy in his box and that his motion should have been granted. We affirm.

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