Millan

*452 I.

INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

After a magistrate denied his motion to suppress, and the trial court denied his renewed motion to suppress, Oscar Millan pled guilty to one count of transporting methamphetamine ( Health & Saf. Code, § 11379, subd. (a) ; count 1), admitted having suffered four prior drug-related convictions *649 within the meaning of Health and Safety Code section 11370.2, subdivision (c), 1 and admitted having suffered four prison priors ( Pen. Code, §§ 667.5, subd. (b), 668 ). 2 The trial court sentenced Millan to a 10-year split sentence, consisting of five years in local custody, followed by five years of mandatory supervision. The court imposed an upper term of four years on the substantive offense and imposed consecutive three-year terms on two of the four Health and Safety Code section 11370.2, subdivision (c) enhancements. The court struck the punishment on the remaining two Health and Safety Code section 11370.2, subdivision (c) enhancements and on all four prison prior enhancements. The court also ordered Millan to pay various charges and fines.

On appeal, Millan's primary contention is that the trial court erred in denying his motion to…