Supreme Court of California

Denial of a motion to suppress evidence in a prosecution for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where, under the totality of the circumstances, there was sufficient indicia that an anonymous 911 caller was able to see the criminal conduct he was reporting, that he was reporting it truthfully and accurately, and thus that the tip was sufficiently reliable to justify an investigatory detention, which led to discovery of the loaded revolver at issue.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/01/2007
• Published 02/01/2007

Judges

• BAXTER, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• George L. Schraer, under appointment by the Supreme Court, San Diego, and Sally P. Brajevich, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Marc J. Nolan, Donald DeNicola, Mary Sanchez and Peggie Bradford Tarwater, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.