People v. Meeks CA2/1

BACKGROUND

On December 12, 2013, defendant was charged in an amended information with two counts of residential burglary, one count of attempted burglary of an inhabited vessel, and four counts of receiving stolen property. Count 1 was based on the April 4, 2013 burglary of the residence of Shelly Marshall, and count 2 was based on the September 5, 2013 burglary of the residence of Susan Geddes. On February 5, 2014, defendant pleaded no contest to counts 1 and 2 and the court dismissed the remaining counts. On December 19, 2013, defendant filed a motion to suppress evidence obtained in connection with the stop of defendant at the gas station, during which police officers searched defendant‘s car and found evidence of tools and contraband connected with the burglary of Susan Geddes‘s home. Defendant argued that the officers could not articulate facts justifying the detention, which was unlawfully prolonged. The trial court conducted a hearing at which it took testimony regarding the stop of defendant. Officer Paul Quintana of the Los Angeles Police Department was working with Officer Peters on September 5, 2013, on patrol in the Wilshire Division near the area of Washington and…