Legal Opinion
People v. Kitchens
California Supreme Court
Decided February 24, 1956No. Crim. 5774PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTraynor, J.
Defendant was found guilty by a jury of one count of possessing marijuana in violation of Health and Safety Code, section 11500. His motion for a new trial was denied, and he was sentenced to one year in the county jail. He appeals from the judgment and the order denying his motion for a new trial.
At about 3:40 p. m. on March 9, 1954, Officer Getchell and Officer McKinley of the San Francisco Police Department and Agent Casey, a federal narcotics inspector, went to an apartment house on Sutter Street. They called on the manager, and she went with them to the door of apartment 24, knocked or…
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3Cited by172 opinions
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