People v. Antes CA4/3

FACTS

Prosecution Evidence One morning in early January 2013, Anaheim police officers went to a hotel known to be a hot bed of narcotics activities. During their patrol through the hotel, the officers saw a known probationer, Janet Hutton, coming out from one of the hotel rooms. While the door was open, the officers noticed another woman, “Ms. Valdivia,” sitting at a table. When Valdivia saw the police officers, she immediately raised her hands. She quickly lowered her hands in an attempt to cover some hypodermic syringes lying on a table. The officers also saw Antes, who was also sitting at the table with Valdivia on his lap. Antes quickly got up, threw a cosmetics bag to the floor, and then ran into the bathroom.

2 Valdivia and Hutton were directed out of the room. Once they were in the hallway, one of the officers went to the bathroom, knocked on the door, and ordered Antes to come out. Antes complied and joined Valdivia and Hutton in the hallway. The officers searched the room. They found five hypodermic syringes with needles, a spoon, bottled water, and three cell phones on the table. The small cosmetics bag contained two small baggies of a white powdery substance…