Thompson

*1505 Opinion

Facts and Proceedings Below

On May 1, 1986, Detective William Henry of the Bakersfield Police Department prepared an affidavit in support of his petition for a search warrant of a business called C & I Liquors at 932 Lakeview Avenue in Bakersfield, California. The warrant states that within 15 days of the date of its execution a confidential informant was sent to C & I Liquors to make a controlled buy of cocaine. The informant was searched for narcotics and contraband with negative results. The officers maintained surveillance from outside the store for a 10-minute period while the informant undertook the buy. They then met with the informant at a prearranged location where the informant handed over a white powdery substance which proved to be cocaine. The informant indicated that the purchase was made from Bobby and Dolly while inside C & I Liquors. The confidential informant told officers that within five days of the date of the affidavit the informant observed Bobby and Dolly continuing their sales of narcotics from inside C & I Liquors.

At 7:15 a.m. on May 2, 1986, Bakersfield Police Department Detective Archie Scott executed a search warrant on C & I Liquors.…