Torres

People v. Torres

Good Law
140 Cal. Rptr. 3d 788·2012 Cal. App. LEXIS 523·205 Cal. App. 4th 989·2012 WL 1522139
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 2, 2012No. B233368California3,033 words

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…

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