P. v. Norman

Filed 5/8/06  P. v. Norman CA5

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

THE COURT^*

            APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kern County.  Lee P. Felice, Gary R. Witt and Stephen P. Gildner, Judges.

            Richard Power, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

            Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, and Louis M. Vasquez, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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            James Norman appeals from a negotiated plea wherein he agreed to a prison term of two years and eight months in exchange for his no contest plea to possession of methamphetamine for sale (Health & Saf. Code, §  11378) and child endangerment (Pen. Code, § 273a, subd. (A)).  He appeals, claiming the trial court erred in denying his Penal Code section 1538.5 motion to suppress evidence.  We affirm the judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

            At the preliminary hearing Kern County Probation Officer Ernie Geronimo testified that on February 11, 2005, he served a search warrant at appellant's residence in Bakersfield.  Officer Geronimo knocked loudly on the front door, announcing, â€