California Court of Appeal

Conviction based on no contest plea to possession of methadone, misdemeanor appropriation of lost property, and being under the influence of a controlled substance is affirmed over claim that police officer who detained defendant's vehicle lacked an objective basis for concluding that a tree-shaped air freshener was obstructing his view through the front windshield.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/11/2007
• Published 12/11/2007

Judges

• MIHARA, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul Starrett, Under Appointment by the Sixth District Appellate Program, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General of the State of California, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Rene A. Chacon, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Donna M. Provenzano, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.