People v. Butler

64 Cal.2d 842 (1966)

415 P.2d 819

52 Cal. Rptr. 4

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

EDWARD M. BUTLER et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Docket No. Crim. 9733.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 11, 1966.

Alton I. Leib for Defendants and Appellants.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and William L. Zessar, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

TRAYNOR, C.J.

Defendants appeal from orders granting them probation after they were convicted of possessing marijuana in violation of Health and Safety Code section 11530. They contend…