People v. Meyers CA1/3

FACTS

On March 9, 2011, defendant and his girlfriend Rubi Armas were living in a residence in Eureka. Detective Patrick Bishop, Detective Neil Hubbard, Sergeant Steven Watson, Reserve Detective Ron Prose, and Captain Murl Harpham of the Eureka Police Department went to the residence to conduct a parole search. Some of the officers went to the rear of the residence, while others knocked on the front door, yelling, “Police Department. Parole Search.” The officers at the rear saw defendant peek out a window and ordered him to leave the residence. As defendant left the residence, Detective Hubbard attempted to handcuff defendant. Defendant fidgeted with his waistband before allowing himself to be handcuffed.. After defendant was handcuffed, Hubbard moved him away from the back door as other officers detained and handcuffed Robert Fisher and Christopher Benoit who were found inside the residence. After the detention of the three men in the backyard, Detective Bishop found a bag containing eight bindles of heroin (seven weighed .2 grams; one weighed .3 grams) wrapped in yellow cellophane on the threshold of the back door where Hubbard had been standing while he handcuffed defendant.…