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FACTS

A. Prosecution case 1. Current incident On March 14, 2012, at approximately 5:30 p.m., Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Jesus Mora and his partner Deputy Yoshida were on patrol in a marked police vehicle in East Los Angeles, when Deputy Mora saw a white Jeep Grand Cherokee fail to stop at a stop sign and make an unsafe left turn. The deputies made a U-turn and followed the Jeep until they were approximately five feet behind it. Before initiating a traffic stop Deputy Mora was able to determine there were four occupants of the Jeep. Through the rear window of the Jeep, Deputy Mora saw defendant, the driver, reach back

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise stated.

2 “and hand over a brown case to the rear passenger of the vehicle.”2 After making the traffic stop, Deputy Mora approached the Jeep on the passenger side. The front and rear windows were down and Deputy Mora saw the rear passenger Gamez concealing plastic bags in the magazine pocket attached to the back of the front passenger seat. Defendant and the three passengers were detained while the deputies searched the Jeep. Deputy Mora recovered four plastic bags from…