Edmundson
People v. Edmundson
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Ford, J.
The contention raised by the defendants on this appeal from the judgments of conviction of the crime of possession of marijuana (Health & Saf. Code, § 11530) is that the evidence was obtained as the result of an illegal search and seizure.
Each defendant waived a trial by jury. Joe Lesnick, a deputy sheriff of the County of Los Angeles assigned to the narcotic detail, testified that on January 24, 1962, he went to an apartment building in West Hollywood at approximately 11 p.m. Three other deputies were with him. Part of his testimony was as follows: “I went to the door of apartment 1, knocked on the door. A female voice stated, ‘Who is it?’ I stated, ‘It’s Joe.’ She stated, ‘Joe who?’ I stated, ‘Joe Les-nick. ’ A couple of seconds later the front door was opened by defendant Paz. I displayed my badge and identification, advised her that I was a sheriff’s narcotics officer. At this time she—defendant Paz screamed, turned around and ran to the east through the combination living room-bedroom, stopped at a door leading into the kitchen. I followed her to this door where she stopped and had a conversation with her. . . . He [defendant Edmundson] was sitting up in the bed which was…