California Court of Appeal

Conviction for possession for sale of cocaine base is affirmed where: 1) searches of a parolee can be constitutionally unreasonable; however, 2) substantial evidence supported the trial court's conclusion that the parole search of defendant was not conducted to harass or for any other arbitrary reason, but rather for a legitimate law enforcement purpose and; therefore, 3) the search was constitutionally reasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/22/2009
• Published 01/22/2009

Judges

• MOSK, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Alex N. Coolman, 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, Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr., Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Eric J. Kohm, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.