P. v. Haley
Defendant appeals from the judgment entered following a negotiated plea of no contest to possessing a controlled substance, cocaine in the base form. (Health and Saf. Code, S 11350, subd. (a).) Before entering his plea, defendant moved to suppress evidence, which was denied. (Pen. Code, S 1538.5.) Pursuant to the negotiated plea, the trial court sentenced defendant to an upper term of three years in state prison, to be served concurrently with the three year prison term imposed in a pending unrelated probation violation matter, superior court case No. NA063527. Defendant contends that the trial court erred when it denied his suppression motion. He argues that the officers had no probable cause to believe that he possessed the illicit narcotics and that the officers used unreasonable force to compel him to spit out the three rocks of base cocaine he was carrying in his mouth. The contention lacks merit, and Court affirm the judgment.
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