P. v. Mumin
On April 8, 2009, Los Angeles Police Officer Michael Saragueta worked in an undercover capacity with several other officers, conducting a controlled narcotic purchase. As part of this operation, Officer Saragueta and his partner, Officer Olsen, went to a location known as a high narcotics area. When they arrived, appellant approached them and asked if they needed anything. Officer Saragueta testified he told appellant he was looking for a “40,†which meant he wanted $40 worth of rock cocaine. Appellant asked the officers if they knew anyone in the neighborhood and if they were police. Officer Saragueta responded by “dropping some names or mentioning some names of individuals that I knew in the area as well as telling him that we were not the police.†Appellant then retrieved a clear plastic bindle from his rear waistband, and removed two off-white solids resembling rock cocaine. He handed the two objects to Officer Saragueta and in return, Officer Saragueta gave appellant $40 in cash. The two officers then left.
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