Boyd

Introduction

Connie Suzann Boyd appeals from a judgment of conviction of drug offenses based on the superior court’s denial of her motion to suppress contraband found in her handbag. (Pen. Code, § 1538.5.) The handbag was in a travel trailer occupied by appellant and Tim Mitchell, a parolee. The trailer was owned by parolee Allen Santos and was parked next to his home. The search was based on search conditions applicable to both parolees. We will conclude the officers had reasonable suspicion that the handbag was owned or controlled by a parolee and thus its search was within the scope of the parole search. The court properly denied the suppression motion. We affirm.

Facts and Proceedings

Allen Santos and Tim Mitchell were both on parole and had histories of methamphetamine use. Their parole agent was Jim Wetmore.

On September 19, 1988, Wetmore accompanied a Turlock Police Department narcotics agent to a house, which was known to be a place for the sale and use of methamphetamines, and observed Santos’s vehicle parked outside. On September 26, Wetmore received an anonymous phone tip that Tim Mitchell was dealing in crank methamphetamines. On September 29, Santos’s…