Opinion

People v. Dalton

  • 24 Cal. 3d 850
  • 157 Cal. Rptr. 497
  • 598 P.2d 467
  • 1979 Cal. LEXIS 288
Court
California Supreme Court
Filed
Aug 16, 1979
Status
Published
Author
Clark
On the bench
Bird, Clark
Cited by
58 cases
Authority
More cited than 5.8%

holding that defendant had standing to challenge search of boxes left in stolen vehicle}. 14 . See Arizona v. Gant, 556 U.S. -, 129 S.Ct. 1710, 173 L.Ed.2d 485 (2009) (defining scope of a vehicle search for evidence incident to arrest of the driver

How later courts described this case

  • holding that defendant had standing to challenge search of boxes left in stolen vehicle}. 14 . See Arizona v. Gant, 556 U.S. -, 129 S.Ct. 1710, 173 L.Ed.2d 485 (2009) (defining scope of a vehicle search for evidence incident to arrest of the driver
  • closed camera case in trunk
  • leather box, small *507 metal box and tool box
  • leather box, small metal box, and tool box

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

CLARK, J.

— I concur under the compulsion of Arkansas v. Sanders (1979)—U.S.—[ 61 L.Ed.2d 235 , 99 S.Ct. 2586 ].

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