P. v. Hickerson CA1/1
Following the denial of his motion to suppress, defendant, Jason Carmichael Hickerson, Jr., pleaded no contest to possession of a firearm by a felon. He raises a single issue on appeal—that his motion to suppress should have been granted because, at the time the police officers searched the car he was driving, they had no reason to believe he had lied about his identity and therefore had no basis to search for evidence of such. We conclude that, regardless of whether the search was lawful, the inevitable discovery doctrine applies because, while still at the scene, defendant admitted he initially provided a false name, at which point the officers could have, and would have, searched the car for evidence of that misdemeanor offense. We therefore affirm.
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