Soldoff

People v. Soldoff

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112 Cal. App. 3d 1·169 Cal. Rptr. 57·1980 Cal. App. LEXIS 2430
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaNovember 13, 1980Crim. 36000California2,804 words

Opinion

Opinion

Acting, J.

In an information, defendant was accused of committing several felony offenses: in count 1, a viola tion of section 11351 of the Health and Safety Code (possession of cocaine); in count 2, a violation of section 11359 of the Health and Safety Code (possession of marijuana for sale); in count 3, a violation of section 12020, subdivision (a), of the Penal Code (possession of a sawed-off shotgun); and in count 4, a violation of section 496 of the Penal Code (receiving stolen property).

Defendant made a motion to suppress evidence. After a denial of this motion by the court, he withdrew his plea of not. guilty to counts 2 and 3, and entered a plea of guilty thereto. He appeals from the judgment entered on the plea of guilty. On appeal, defendant advances the following contentions in attacking the judgment of conviction: (1) The trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence in that (a) a search warrant was invalid because it was issued on information obtained as a result of a prior illegal search, and (b) destruction of a tape of a police broadcast required suppression of the evidence; and (2) The plea of guilty was invalid because he did not waive his…

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