People v. Caldwell CA3

BACKGROUND

Defendant rented a storage unit at Streng Storage. Agent Jeff Moe, with the City of Woodland Police Department, was investigating defendant and saw him drive into the storage facility. When defendant left the facility, officers searched him and the vehicle, finding 12.79 grams of methamphetamine, $150 in cash, 3.5 grams of marijuana, and a switchblade. In a search of defendant’s storage unit, officers found two digital scales (one with a cup of methamphetamine on top), four packages of methamphetamine, sandwich bags, a .380-caliber gun in a pocket of a hanging jacket, a box of .22-caliber

2 long rifle cartridges, and $2,994 in cash. Agent Moe offered his expert opinion that defendant possessed the methamphetamine for sale. The jury found defendant guilty of transportation of a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11379, subd. (a) -- count 1), possession of a controlled substance for sale (Health & Saf. Code, § 11378, subd. (a) -- counts 2 and 3), being a felon in possession of a firearm (Pen. Code, § 29800, subd. (a) -- count 4), being a felon in possession of ammunition (Pen. Code, § 30305, subd. (a) -- count 5), and misdemeanor possession of a switchblade…