People v. Flores CA6

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Prosecution case 1. Testimony relating to May 22, 2012 arrest On May 22, 2012, City of Mountain View Police Officer David Fisher1 was working his assignment to the Regional Auto Theft Task Force conducting surveillance on a suspected stolen vehicle. Fisher, along with several other members of the task force, followed the subject vehicle for six to seven miles until it parked in a residential neighborhood. At that point, the officers boxed it in with their vehicles to prevent it being driven away. Fisher activated his emergency lights.

1 Officer Fisher was qualified as an expert on the subjects of “[r]ecognition of methamphetamine, useable amount of methamphetamine and possession for sale of methamphetamine.”

2 The passenger later identified as Flores, ran away with two other officers in pursuit. Officer Fisher detained the driver of the vehicle at gunpoint as he waited for additional officers and next saw Flores sitting on the curb after the other officers captured him and returned him to where the stolen vehicle was parked. One of the officers who had chased down Flores handed Fisher a plastic Ziploc bag containing a…