ROBEY v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S197735.

56 Cal.4th 1218 (2013)

158 Cal. Rptr. 3d 261

302 P.3d 574

KEWHAN ROBEY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

June 27, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raimundo Montes De Oca , Public Defender, and Patricia Dark , Deputy Public Defender, for Petitioner.

Stephen P. Lipson , Public Defender (Ventura) and Michael C. McMahon , Chief Deputy Public Defender, for California Public Defenders Association and Public Defenders of Ventura County as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Joyce E. Dudley , District Attorney, and Michael J. Carrozzo , Deputy District Attorney, for Real Party in Interest.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka , Assistant Attorney General, James William Bilderback II and Thomas C. Hsieh , Deputy Attorneys General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

LIU, J.

Petitioner Kewhan Robey was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana for sale and with the sale or transportation of marijuana after police seized a package from a private shipping company and discovered the drug inside. The superior court denied petitioner's motion to suppress evidence, relying on exigent circumstances and inevitable discovery. The Court of...

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