People v. Banuelos CA4/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The following evidence was presented in the prosecution’s case in chief:

On November 17, 2011, Palm Springs police detectives responded to a report that

stolen property was located in a specific mobile home in the city. The owner of the

mobile home, David Thompson, gave the detectives permission to enter and search the

mobile home. The detectives found defendant sleeping in one of the bedrooms;

defendant consented to a search of that room. Defendant told police that he lived “ ‘on

and off’ ” at the mobile home. Another man, Kurth Conoway, was also present in the

mobile home that day.

In the closet of the bedroom defendant was occupying, the detectives found a

locked safe, and a dresser, of which the top drawer was also locked. Defendant had the

combination to the safe, and he agreed to open it for the detectives. As he did so,

defendant admitted there was “ ‘a little bit of meth’ ” inside the safe. The detectives

found about 0.27 grams of useable methamphetamine inside the safe as well as a package

of hypodermic needles and some pills. Defendant also opened the locked dresser drawer

for the detectives. They found more syringes and a…