Low
People v. Low
Opinion
Opinion
Elkington, J.
Defendant Paul Blaze Low appeals from a judgment based upon a jury’s verdict finding him guilty of possession of methamphe lamine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377), and a concealable firearm by one previously convicted of a felony (Pen. Code, § 12021). He had admitted five prior felony convictions within the meaning of Penal Code section 667.5.
We find no merit in the appeal and, for reasons as follow, affirm the judgment.
It is first contended that: “The evidence, upon which appellant’s conviction depended, was clearly the product of an unconstitutional search and seizure and should have been suppressed.”
We state the relevant evidence.
Police officers observed, one and a half blocks away, a green Chevrolet, of which defendant Low was the driver, stop at the telephone booth of a parking lot. A person leaned inside the car window; the driver’s arm moved toward the other person but nothing was seen to be exchanged by them. The vehicle then drove off. Suspicious, the police officers followed. The Chevrolet was soon observed to be traveling about 20 miles per hour in excess of the speed limit. And “the vehicle kept going over the provided lane boundary markings, the solid…