People v. Melvin CA5

FACTS

On May 10, 2012, at 6:00 p.m., Bakersfield Police Officer Tiffany Beltran was on patrol with her partner, Officer Ryan Vaughn, at Oregon and Robinson Streets, an area extremely high in narcotics and gang activity. Beltran was trained in narcotics cases and received instruction on how to identify narcotics and narcotics paraphernalia. Beltran

On March 10, 2014, this court granted the People’s request to take judicial notice of a certified copy of Bakersfield Municipal Code section 8.80.060 (section 8.80.060). Subdivision (F) of section 8.80.060 states: “Compliance with Order to Vacate. Where a property has been posted and ordered to be vacated as set forth in this section, notice of such vacation shall be provided to the property owner. No person shall remain in or enter any building which has been posted, except that entry may be made to repair, demolish or remove such building where any required permit to do so has been acquired. No person shall remove or deface any such notice after it is posted until the required repairs, demolition or removal have been completed and a certificate of occupancy issued. Any person violating this subsection shall be guilty of a…