People v. Turner CA5

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

A group of Bakersfield police officers surrounded the house at 207 Clyde Street in Bakersfield on the evening of November 22, 2011, intending to perform a legal search of the residence. At least five men were sitting in three cars parked in front of the house. The garage door was raised part of the way. One officer announced “Bakersfield Police Department” and looked under the garage door. Turner, who resided at the house, saw the officer and ran out the back door of the garage. Another officer intercepted Turner. Officers ordered Turner to show his hands. Turner did not comply. The officers knocked him to the ground and arrested him. Eleven grams of marijuana were found in a plastic container on top of a piano in the garage. Two digital scales, one with a white crystalline residue on it, were also on the piano, with a box of plastic baggies. A police dog detected something under the keyboard cover of the piano. Police looked under the keyboard cover and found a plastic bag containing 20 grams of cocaine base. In Turner’s pockets, officers found $407 in cash. There were seven $20 bills, seven $10 bills, 21 $5 bills, and 92 $1 bills. Turner told…