People v. King CA3

BACKGROUND

On October 22, 2022, a Chico Police Department officer responded to reports of someone selling bicycles out of the back of a truck. The officer located the truck and saw a number of bicycles in the back. A female was talking to defendant by the truck, but when she saw the officer, she left. Defendant volunteered, “It’s not what it looks like.”

1 Defendant identified himself as John Miller. He subsequently gave the officer his wallet, which contained a benefits card bearing his true name. The officer discovered defendant was on postrelease community supervision and arrested him for an active felony arrest warrant. In searching defendant, the officer found a sock in his pocket, inside of which were three bags containing fentanyl and mannitol with a total weight of 73.57 grams. The officer also found $1,920 in cash in a “bellyband” defendant was wearing. In the truck, the officer found a bag containing 18.90 grams of methamphetamine, and additional fentanyl. There were a number of “narcotics-related instant messages” found on defendant’s cell phone. A complaint deemed an information charged defendant with possession for sale of a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code,…