Morris

FACTS

Examined in light of the usual standard of review on appeal (see, e.g., People v. Ochoa (1993) 6 Cal.4th 1199, 1206), the evidence at trial established the following facts. On February 7, 2012, a team of Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) officers executed a search warrant at “6--- Orizaba Avenue, No. 103.” During the search, officers found a bindle with .92 grams of a white granular substance containing cocaine base on a dresser in a bedroom. The officers also recovered a bindle with a .84 gram “chunk” of a substance, “maybe the size of a quarter,” containing cocaine base in the bottom of a hamper filled with men’s clothing on a patio that was accessible through a sliding door from the bedroom. Further, the officers found two digital scales commonly used to weigh drugs, one of which had a powdery residue on it. The officers also found $6,090 cash inside a shoebox in a bedroom closet, and $1,552 cash in a drawer of a bedroom television stand. Inside the residence, the officers also recovered Morris’s wallet, which contained his driver’s license identifying his address as the Orizaba Avenue property, and pieces of mail addressed to Morris at the Orizaba address. Officer Fox…