P. v. Harvey
During the evening of September 13, 2010, Los Angeles Police Department detectives had a Sun Valley apartment building under surveillance. The detectives saw appellant Jason George Harvey sitting in the driver’s seat of his car parked in the building’s underground garage. A male stood on the driver’s side of the car and a female stood on the passenger side. The officers saw the male reach into the open driver’s side window and then walk away. Based on their experience and training, the detectives concluded they had witnessed a drug transaction.
One of the detectives approached and stopped the man who had reached into appellant’s car. The detective searched the man’s pocket and found rock cocaine. The detective alerted his fellow detective, who approached appellant standing near his car. That second detective asked for and received appellant’s permission to search appellant’s car. The detective found a small amount of marijuana and cocaine under the car’s front seat.
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