Can evidence discovered as a result of a customs search and seizure be used in a subsequent state prosecution?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mendoza, 251 Cal.App.2d 835, 60 Cal.Rptr. 5 (Cal. App. 1967):
Evidence discovered as the result of a customs search and which pointed to the commission of a state offense was held not to have been the result of an illegal search and seizure in a subsequent state prosecution. (People v. Mitchell, 209 Cal.App.2d 312, 318, 26 Cal.Rptr. 89.)
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