People v. Hutcherson

In one count of an information Prank Harvey Beatty, John Alfred Jacobs and the appellant Hutcherson were accused of selling, furnishing and giving away marijuana in violation of section 11531 of the Health and Safety Code. In another count, the appellant alone was charged with a violation of that code section. The defendants Beatty and Jacobs pleaded guilty to the offense of possession of marijuana (Health & Saf. Code, § 11530), as a lesser but necessarily included offense in that charged in the first count. In a jury trial, the appellant Hutcherson was found to be guilty as charged in each…