PEOPLE v. SCHMITZ

No. S186707.

55 Cal.4th 909 (2012)

149 Cal. Rptr. 3d 640

288 P.3d 1259

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DOUGLAS GEORGE SCHMITZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 3, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Farber , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons , Assistant Attorney General, James D. Dutton , Steven T. Oetting , Emily R. Hanks and Theodore M. Cropley , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

CORRIGAN, J.

This case involves the constitutional limits of a vehicle search based on a passenger's parole status. Here, an officer, aware that the front seat passenger was on parole, searched the backseat of defendant's car and recovered drugs and drug paraphernalia from a chips bag and a pair of shoes. Defendant, the driver, sought to suppress that evidence. We conclude that the search was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment...

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