Torres
People v. Torres
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Bigelow, J.
*992 Opinion
Defendants Rosland Nadine Torres and Jnaya Nichole Dean pled no contest to charges of burglary (Pen. Code, § 459) and grand theft (id., § 487, subd. (a)). On appeal, defendants challenge the trial court’s ruling denying their motion to suppress evidence recovered during a warrant-less entry and search of their hotel room. We reverse the judgment.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
We summarize the evidence in accordance with the rules governing review of a trial court order on a motion to suppress. (People v. Rios (2011) 193 Cal.App.4th 584, 589 [ 122 Cal.Rptr.3d 96 ].) As there was no trial in the case, this background is taken from the evidence adduced at the hearing on defendants’ suppression motion.
On December 21, 2010, security personnel at a hotel in Los Angeles contacted police about a burglary. A hotel guest reported several items were missing from her room, including a laptop computer and a Blackberry cell phone. Hotel personnel determined that a hotel engineer had unlocked the victim’s hotel room door for two women. The engineer provided a description of the two women. A hotel security officer believed he had previously helped the two women enter a…