People v. Adkins

Defendant appeals from a final judgment of conviction of a violation of section 11500 of the Health and Safety Code (possession of heroin).

On February 2, 1967, defendant was arrested at 1 a.m. in an apartment where he subleased a room from one Jean Mae Boswell. Present were Sergeants Maloney and Brown from the East Los Angeles sheriff’s station; Sheriff’s Deputies Figueroa, Loos and Hayes; and W. H. Damerell, a parole agent working for the Department of Corrections.

All six of the officers had come to the address in question because Sergeant Brown had told them that defendant was participating…