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PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. A120331.

172 Cal.App.4th 1354 (2009)

___ Cal.Rptr.3d ___

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ANTHONY CRAIG SMITH, Defendant and Appellant.

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

April 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diana M. Teran for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney General, Rene A. Chacon and Bruce Ortega, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

DONDERO, J.*—

Defendant Anthony Craig Smith (Smith) appeals from a felony narcotics conviction, asserting as error the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence unreasonably obtained during a "public strip search." (Pen. Code, § 1538.5.) We affirm, concluding that the police officer's search, effected by pulling back the waistband of Smith's underwear and visually inspecting his...

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