California Court of Appeal

Conviction for cocaine possession is affirmed where the trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence acquired by officers when they detained him because defendant was lawfully detained for traffic violations and the detention was not unduly prolonged.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/20/2009
• Published 04/20/2009

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michele A. Douglass, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General, David A. Rhodes and Brian G. Smiley, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General, Darren K. Indermill, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.