People v. Cole CA2/6

FACTS

Ventura County Sheriff's Detective Eric Arteaga regularly searches Craigslist for people selling drugs. He discovered an advertisement posted by Annie Rossi that appeared to be promising. Arteaga responded to Rossi's advertisement, and she agreed to meet to sell him six grams of methamphetamine. Arteaga arranged to have an informant make a "controlled buy" from Rossi in a Del Taco parking lot. The informant wore a wireless transmitting device to record conversations with Rossi. Arteaga and Detective Robert Davidson were the surveillance team to monitor the purchase. Rossi drove into the parking lot in a Prius. She told the informant, "My guy [is] just gonna meet us here." She said he would be driving a truck. Numerous times during the conversation Rossi referred to "my guy," and assured the informant he would be there any minute. Eventually, Rossi concluded that her guy would not be coming. She told the informant to go to Thousand Oaks, and she would pick up the methamphetamine and bring it to him. As the informant and the surveillance team were leaving the Del Taco parking lot, Rossi called to say her guy was here and to meet her in the Target parking lot. They…