P. v. Gibson
A one-count information charged Gibson with second degree robbery (Pen. Code, 211) and alleged that he had inflicted great bodily injury in the commission of the offense. (Pen. Code, 12022.7, subd. (a).) The information further alleged that Gibson had suffered two drug related convictions for which he had served prison terms. (Pen. Code, 667.5, subd. (b).) The court granted Gibsons request to represent himself. Shortly before trial, Gibson moved in limine to suppress evidence of the victims field showup identification, for a live lineup, and to suppress physical evidence that police found during a patdown search. The trial court denied the motions, finding that the officers had probable cause to detain him and thus to conduct a patdown search for weapons, and that the field showup identification was not impermissibly suggestive. Gibson continued to represent
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