People v. Taylor

By an information containing two counts, the defendant, Frank Taylor, was charged with two violations of section 11500 of the Health and Safety Code, and with two prior convictions for narcotic offenses in this state, one a felony in violation of Health and Safety Code, section 11160 (now 11500) in 1944, and one, a misdemeanor, violation of Health and Safety Code, section 11721 in 1955.

The first count charged the unlawful transportation of heroin; the second, the unlawful sale of heroin, both events being charged having occurred on November 7, 1956, in San Francisco. Defendant admitted the…