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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. S063512.

83 Cal.Rptr.2d 275 (1999)

973 P.2d 52

20 Cal.4th 119

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. John David WILLIAMS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing May 12, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura G. Schaefer, under appointment by the Supreme Court, San Diego, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Shirley A. Nelson, Michael J. Weinberger and Harry Joseph Colombo, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

CHIN, J.

In this case, we consider the specificity required in a motion to suppress evidence under Penal Code section 1538.5 (section 1538.5). We conclude that a defendant must state the grounds for the motion with sufficient particularity to give notice to the prosecution of the sort of evidence it will need to present in response. In this case, we find that defendant's moving papers were sufficient to provide this notice to the prosecution, and that he did not narrow...

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