P. v. Madueno CA5
Appellant/Defendant Angel Meza Madueno was charged and convicted of count I, using false documents to conceal his true citizenship or resident alien status (Pen. Code, § 114); and count II, failing to annually update his registration as a convicted sex offender (§ 290.012, subd. (a)). The court found he had three prior strike convictions: two convictions for murder in 1980 (§ 187, subd. (a)); and a conviction in 2002 for commission of a forcible lewd act on a child (§ 288, subd. (b)(1)), which had resulted in the lifetime registration order. He was sentenced to the third strike term of 25 years to life for count I and a concurrent third strike term for count II.
On appeal, defendant contends the court erroneously denied his pretrial motion to suppress evidence and asserts he was subject to an illegal search and seizure. Defendant was charged in this case after he was contacted in the backyard of someone else’s residence by a deputy sheriff. The deputy had responded to a
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