People v. Maldonado CA6

Filed 4/3/15 P. v. Maldonado CA6

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

THE PEOPLE, H041370

(Monterey County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. SS131991)

v.

JULIO ROBERTO MALDONADO,

Defendant and Appellant.

In May 2013, defendant Julio Roberto Maldonado was an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison. On the afternoon of May 21, a correctional officer observed that defendant was late returning from the yard to his housing unit. When inmates return to their units, they are subjected to a pat search. A pat search does not include the “groin area.” Defendant attempted to return with a group of inmates from a different unit. Because the correctional officer considered this to be “odd behavior,” defendant was…