People v. Von Latta

Defendant was charged with the offenses of possession of marijuana, a violation of Health and Safety Code, section 11530, and the unlawful possession of a firearm, a violation of Penal Code, section 12560;-was convicted of the former and acquitted" of the latter; was granted - summary probation; and appeals, asserting asgrounds for reversal: (1) Insufficiency of the evidence to'support' the conviction; (2) admission of evidence of prior misconduct and of a prior conviction was error; (3) defendant was denied a speedy trial; *333(4) the conviction- is. based on evidence which was the product of an…