Search of parolee’s car following unlawful detainer was not consensual
People, v Paul 318 Cal.Rptr.3d 142
Summary: Paul pleaded no contest to possession of a firearm with a prior violent conviction (Pen. Code, § 29900, subd. (a)(1)) after the trial court denied his motion to suppress evidence of a firearm pursuant to Penal Code section 1538.5. Paul argues that the trial court should have excluded evidence of the firearm because officers discovered it only after they obtained his parole status by unlawfully detaining him.
The Court of Appeal reversed the trial court’s judgment, vacated the court’s order denying Paul’s motion to suppress evidence, and remanded.