People v. Campos CA1/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

Around 11:00 p.m. on October 11, 2013, Eureka Police Officer Timothy Cooper participated in a traffic stop of a vehicle containing one minor and two adults, neither of whom was Campos. The minor consented to a search of his person, and approximately four grams of marijuana were found in his pocket. Officer Cooper assisted in an inventory search of the vehicle before it was towed. In the glove box, he found Campos’s

1 This count was brought under Penal Code section 32.

1 picture identification and an envelope on which a phrase similar to “1600, seven pounds, OG purple cush” was written. Officer Cooper had investigated dozens of marijuana-sales cases, and he recognized that this phrase was “associated with marijuana and marijuana sales.” The vehicle was registered to Campos, but none of the vehicle’s occupants were able to provide information about him or explain why they were in his vehicle. The occupants stated they had been watching movies at a residence on the same street as that of the address on Campos’s identification card and were using the vehicle to go get food. Officer Cooper and another officer decided to go to that address to…