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PEOPLE v. MENDOZA TELLO

Docket No. S055184.

15 Cal.4th 264 (1997)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RAUL MENDOZA TELLO, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

April 17, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Michaelyn Jones, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

John T. Philipsborn as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Jean Hume, Esteban Hernandez and Janelle Marie Boustany, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Kent S. Scheidegger and Eric L. Christoffersen as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

CHIN, J.

A jury convicted defendant of possessing cocaine. Orange County Deputy Sheriff Gomez testified at trial that on October 26, 1994, while on patrol in an unmarked car, he saw the passenger of another car light a marijuana cigarette. He stopped the car and asked defendant, the driver, for his driver's license and registration. Defendant consented to a search of the car. Deputy Gomez testified, "I had him exit the car...

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