California Court of Appeal

Substantial evidence does not support the trial court's conclusion that detectives' entry onto private property was justified by the community caretaking exception to the search warrant requirement. Detectives had no basis for concluding the marijuana belonged to defendants, that they were growing marijuana, or that a violent drug theft had occurred.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/31/2003
• Published 01/07/2004

Judges

•  CORRIGAN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Harrington & Ingram, Richard J. Ingram, Santa Rosa, CA, for Appellants and Defendants., Office of the Attorney General, Bill Lockyer, Robert R. Anderson, Gerald A. Engler, Eric D. Share, Lisa Ashley Ott, for Respondent and Plaintiff.