P. v. Copeland
Filed 9/5/06 P. v. Copeland CA5
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GEORGE EDWARD COPELAND, JR., Defendant and Appellant. |
F048662
(Super. Ct. No. BF109612)
OPINION |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kern County. Michael G. Bush, Judge.
Peter Dodd, 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, Julie A. Hokans and Stephanie A. Mitchell, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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Following the denial of his motion to suppress evidence (Pen. Code, § 1538.5),[1] George Edward Copeland, Jr. (appellant), pursuant to a plea agreement, pled no contest to possession of a firearm by an ex-felon (§ 12021, subd. (a)(1)). Appellant also admitted he had been previously convicted of two serious and/or violent felonies within the meaning of the three strikes law. The court struck one of the prior convictions pursuant to section 1385, and sentenced appellant to two years, doubled to four under the three strikes law.
On appeal, appellant contends, under various theories, that the trial court erred in denying his section 1538.5 motion to suppress evidence. We disagree and affirm.
DISCUSSION
The section 1538.5 motion
Prior to trial, appellant filed a motion to suppress â€
