# People v. Dixon

> California Supreme Court · May 4, 1956 · 46 Cal. 2d 456

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9529194

## Case

- **Full name:** The PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DOROTHY DIXON, Appellant
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** May 4, 1956
- **Citations:** 46 Cal. 2d 456; 296 P.2d 557; 1956 Cal. LEXIS 200
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Spence
- **Judges:** Traynor, Carter, Spence
- **Cited by:** 56 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

SPENCE, J.
I dissent.
The record clearly shows that defendant had committed and was committing a felony at the time of her arrest. I am therefore of the opinion that the arrest was lawful (Pen. Code, § 836, subd. 2); that the search made as an incident of that arrest was a reasonable search; and that the evidence obtained as the result of such search was properly admitted. (See dissenting opinion in Badillo v. Superior Court, ante, pp. 269, 273 [ 294 P.2d 23 ].) I would affirm the judgment and the order denying a new trial.
Shenk, J., concurred.

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