PEOPLE v. CELIS

No. S107885.

16 Cal.Rptr.3d 85 (2004)

93 P.3d 1027

33 Cal.4th 667

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Renato CELIS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 26, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas DePento, San Diego, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Steven T. Oetting, Rhonda L. Cartwright-Ladendorf and Sabrina Y. Lane-Erwin, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


KENNARD, J.

Suspecting defendant of drug trafficking, police officers stopped him at gunpoint behind his house, handcuffed him, and made him sit on the ground. The officers then entered defendant's house to determine whether there was anyone inside who might endanger their safety. They did not find anyone, but they did see a large box with uniformly sized, wrapped packages that, after a search, proved to contain cocaine.

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