What is the prosecution's burden of establishing the reasonableness of a warrantless search?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Serrano, E071551 (Cal. App. 2020):
At trial, the "prosecution has the burden of establishing the reasonableness of a warrantless search" (People v. Jenkins (2000) 22 Cal.4th 900, 972), and it is the prosecutor's burden to establish the officers' actions were justified by an exception to the
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