People v. Demar CA3

BACKGROUND

While Citrus Heights police officers had defendant under surveillance on March 2, 2011, defendant entered his white pickup truck holding a black backpack. Defendant drove away and police followed him. Sacramento County Sheriff’s Sergeant Steve Ferry also began following defendant and activated his overhead lights. When another police vehicle activated its siren, the white truck exited the highway at Bradshaw Road. Sergeant Ferry saw that something was thrown from the passenger side window of the truck. The object appeared to be a white item inside a plastic bag. Officers arrested defendant when he eventually stopped. Defendant had $611 in his wallet and $13 in a pants pocket. The backpack inside the truck contained straws, unused resealable baggies, tweezers, three vials containing powders, indicia pertaining to defendant, and two bindles of methamphetamine weighing 7.5 grams and 5.9 grams. Officers also found a cell phone in the truck. Officers also found a large resealable bag on the side of the road. The bag

2 contained a working digital scale, several other resealable bags, and a substance the officers recognized as methamphetamine. Detectives went to defendant’s…