LaJocies

This is an appeal from judgments of convictions entered upon appellants’ guilty pleas: appellant Sharon LaJocies (hereinafter Sharon) of possession of a concealable weapon by a felon (Pen. Code, § 12021, subd. (a)), and appellant Ronald LaJocies (hereinafter Ron) of possession of a slungshot (Pen. Code, § 12020, subd. (a)).

Before entering guilty pleas, appellants challenged the search of their residence and seizure of the evidence upon which the charges against them were based at both their preliminary hearing and in superior court by way of a section 1538.5 motion to suppress and a section 995 motion to dismiss. Sharon also filed a motion to strike her prior conviction. All evidentiary objections and pretrial motions were denied, after which appellants pled guilty and took this appeal.

The facts relating to that search may be summarized as follows:

Appellant Ron was a parolee residing with his wife Sharon in San Jose and supervised by Parole Agent Chuck Pearce. His parole stemmed from a prior conviction for the sale of amphetamines.

On May 8, 1979, Agent Pearce received positive results from a urinalysis test, which indicated that Ron had ingested amphetamines. For…