Opinion ID: 1188407
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: postdetention searches

Text: (6) After the People had urged on appeal that any Miranda error or illegal surveillance was harmless in view of the recovery of the stolen items, Deborah argued for the first time that all postdetention searches leading to such recovery were themselves improper. She further noted that the record does not show any recovery of property in the Broadway incident. If proof of recovery is suppressed or was omitted, she reasons, there is insufficient evidence to sustain either petition. Yet did she not waive the invalidity of postdetention searches by not raising the issue in juvenile court? (Cf. People v. Pranke (1970) 12 Cal. App.3d 935, 942 [91 Cal. Rptr. 129].) In any event the eyewitness testimony of the detectives is overwhelming evidence of guilt, and any improper admission or omission of the recovered property seems harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.