Valentine

Valentine v. Superior Court CA1/2

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaDecember 24, 2025A172891California6,932 words

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BACKGROUND

I. Factual Background Valentine was charged by complaint filed on January 26, 2024, (No. F24-00178), with bringing a controlled substance into a jail (Pen. Code, § 45731). She was charged in a second complaint filed on July 23, 2024 (No. F24-01572), with possession for sale of methamphetamine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11378); sale, offer to sell or transportation of methamphetamine (id., § 11379, subd. (a)); possession for sale of fentanyl (id., § 11351); sale, offer to sell or transportation of fentanyl (id., § 11352, subd. (a)); and misdemeanor possession of narcotics smoking paraphernalia (id., § 11364, subd. (a)). According to the testimony at a preliminary hearing in case No. F24- 01572, on January 29, 2024, Vacaville police officers responded to a report of a person who appeared to be unconscious in a vehicle. Officer Eutsler saw Valentine exit the vehicle from the driver’s seat and a male, subsequently identified as Jose Delatorre, exit from the passenger seat and go into a store. Eutsler contacted Valentine. While Eutsler was speaking with Valentine, Officer Reustle arrived and looked into the vehicle for the reported unconscious person. She did not see anyone in…

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