PEOPLE v. MITCHELL

Docket No. A067837.

36 Cal.App.4th 672 (1995)

42 Cal. Rptr.2d 537

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. THERESA MAY MITCHELL, Defendant and Appellant.

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

July 10, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Terry Davis, Public Defender, and Jess Raphael, Deputy Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald S. Matthias and Martin S. Kaye, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

CORRIGAN, J.

Following her plea of no contest to one count of possession of methamphetamine, defendant Theresa May Mitchell appeals on the sole ground that her motion to suppress evidence was erroneously denied. We disagree and affirm the judgment. We hold here that pursuant to the arrest of an occupant of a vehicle, police may search the passenger compartment and any containers therein, including containers belonging to nonarrested...

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