People v. Marich

Convicted by a jury upon two counts of unlawful possession of heroin (Health & Saf. Code, § 11500) on February 3, 1961, and March 22, 1961, respectively, defendant appeals from the judgment. As to Count I his attorneys argue insufficiency of the evidence and as to Count II unlawful search and seizure.

Count I. The burden of the argument is that the quantity of narcotic found in defendant’s possession was so small that it should be disregarded. Counsel say in their brief: “ [I]t is defendant’s contention that a minimum amount of narcotics must be in the defendant’s possession in order to be in…