People v. Abreu CA2/8

FACTS

After unsuccessful attempts to quash a search warrant and to suppress evidence, defendant pled no contest to four felony counts in an open plea to the court: possession for sale of methamphetamine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11378); possession for sale of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) (Health & Saf. Code, § 11351); possession of clonazepam (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377); and having a counterfeit seal (a counterfeit California driver’s license) (Pen. Code, § 472). The court placed defendant on three years formal probation with various terms and conditions, and made other orders not at issue in this appeal. During the proceedings below, defendant filed a motion to quash a search warrant that covered two different locations: 1280 North Laurel Avenue, no. 7 (the Laurel apartment), and 1210 North Cherokee Avenue, no. 120 (the Cherokee apartment). The recovery of narcotics and other evidence at the Cherokee apartment provided the basis for the charges against defendant. The motion to quash was denied. A few months later, defendant moved to suppress all the evidence acquired from a warrantless vehicle search, incident to defendant’s arrest, that preceded issuance of the search warrant for…