P. v. Vega CA4/2
Defendant and appellant, Ignacio Vega, pled guilty to unlawful possession of marijuana for sales. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11359; count 1.) Pursuant to the plea bargain, the court sentenced defendant to a 16-month split sentence, nine months in custody and seven months on mandatory supervision.
On appeal, defendant requests that this court independently examine the sealed affidavit in support of the search warrant, the search warrant, and the sealed in camera hearing on his motion to unseal the affidavit and warrant below to determine whether the court erred in not disclosing more of the affidavit to defense counsel. We have independently examined the affidavit and hold that the court properly redacted the portions of the affidavit relating to the confidential informant before releasing the affidavit to defense counsel below. As such, we hold the court properly determined that probable cause supported issuance of the search warrant.
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