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P. v. Henderson CA1/3

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 23, 2013A131646California3,901 words

Opinion

Opinion

Siggins, J.

I. FACTS

A. Search of the Residence On the morning of December 4, 2009, Concord police officers executed a search warrant at a home on Atlantic Street looking for methamphetamine and evidence of methamphetamine sales. Ron August, who was renting the house, was the target of the investigation. In a total of 24 hours of surveillance over the previous four months, Henderson had been seen coming and going from the house at least five times.

1 When police knocked on the front door and announced their presence, the door was ajar and swung open. They entered, detained Henderson in the kitchen, and detained August leaving the master bedroom, down the hall from the kitchen. The other bedrooms in the house were occupied by August’s son and daughter, who were not at home. In an open drawer of a desk in the master bedroom, the police found 5.89 grams of methamphetamine, a scale, three pay-owe notebooks, and Henderson’s driver’s license depicting the Atlantic Street address.1 Other desk drawers contained a business letter addressed to Henderson at Atlantic Street, and a marriage certificate showing that she and August were married in October 2009. Other items in the bedroom included two…

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