People v. Sedgeman CA3

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Around noon on January 19, 2012, law enforcement officers from a county-wide narcotics task force executed a search warrant on a two-bedroom trailer in West Sacramento, looking for drugs. Seven officers went to the front door, where they saw a video camera that might alert the occupants to the presence of law enforcement officers. An officer knocked on the door and announced they were police and had a search warrant. After about 20 seconds with no one answering the door, the officers used a ram tool to knock the door open and entered. A pit bull mix dog ran into the living room growling and lunged at Agent Alisha Slater, who shot and killed the dog. A woman named Sensier (phonetic) was in the first bedroom on the left. Police found defendant walking in the hallway directly in front of the back master bedroom, which defendant shared with his girlfriend Cheri, who was not present. Police detained defendant and Sensier at the home. Although defendant notes evidence that he was handcuffed, that evidence was adduced only in a hearing outside the jury’s presence. In a nightstand drawer in defendant’s bedroom, police found a small glass pipe, a medicine bottle…