P. v. Bennett
The trial court sentenced defendant Joel Alonzo Bennett to 21 years in state prison after he entered a guilty plea to one count of robbery and admitted suffering prior serious or violent felony convictions. Before entering the plea defendant had unsuccessfully moved to suppress evidence pursuant to Penal Code section 1538.5. Defendant appeals, contending the trial court erred by denying his suppression motion because the police conducted a warrantless search of his car without probable cause to do so. He argues in the alternative that since the vehicle search did not result in the seizure of any evidence relevant to the current robbery, we should nullify the trial courts suppression ruling because, otherwise, he will be foreclosed from having appellate review of the issue. Court reject defendants arguments and affirm the trial courts ruling.
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