People v. Collier, B207163
In a prosecution for carrying a concealed firearm as a convicted felon and possessing a controlled substance, order denying motion to suppress is affirmed where: 1) trial court correctly reasonably ruled that there were specific and articulable facts to conduct a limited pat down based on officer safety and the presence of drugs; and 2) the pat-down was reasonably necessary because the officers had probable cause to search the car interior and had decided to do so.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/18/2008
- Published 09/18/2008
Judges
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Richard Fitzer, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Keith H. Borjon, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, John R. Gorey, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.