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P. v. Acosta CA6
Opinion
Opinion
Premo, J.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
As Acosta pleaded no contest to the charges, we derive the facts from the transcript of the preliminary hearing and other documents in the record on appeal. On November 6 and 7, 2009, Monterey County Sheriff Deputy Jesse Pinon conducted surveillance on a small shed located between two residences in Salinas, California. On the first day, Pinon saw six or eight people walk to the front door, get handed something by someone who resembled codefendant Rodney Sablan, then walk away. At about 3:00 p.m. on November 7, Pinon resumed his surveillance of the shed and, after approximately one hour, he observed Acosta exit the shed. Acosta stood on the porch for a couple of minutes, then reentered the shed. As Pinon watched the shed that day, he observed three or four people separately walk up to the door of the shed, speak to someone inside, then leave, and Pinon believed that narcotics were being sold out of the shed. At approximately 5:46 p.m., Pinon and other officers raided the shed. As the officers approached, Acosta ran from the shed to a nearby residence, where he was detained. Inside the shed, officers found methamphetamine and evidence of…