P. v. Molina
Filed 6/26/06 P. v. Molina CA4/3
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION THREE
| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GEORGE MOLINA, Defendant and Appellant. | G034921 (Super. Ct. No. 02NF1734) O P I N I O N |
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, Gregg L. Prickett, Judge. Affirmed.
Mark S. Devore, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Barry Carlton and Sharon L. Rhodes, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
George Molina appeals from a judgment after a jury convicted him of possession of cocaine for sale and found true the allegation he was personally armed with a firearm. He contends the trial court erroneously denied his motions to quash the search warrant, traverse the search warrant, and disclose the identity of the confidential informant. None of his contentions have merit, and we affirm the judgment.
FACTS
On May 20, 2002, Officer Fred Lopez of the City of Orange Police Department executed a search warrant affidavit. In his affidavit, Lopez, a narcotics investigator, recounted his seven years of experience and training as a police officer, including interviewing confidential informants, conducting surveillance, executing search warrants, and arresting approximately 165 people for narcotics-related offenses.
In his affidavit, Lopez explained that on April 22, 2002, an â€
