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People v. Lawson

California Court of Appeal

Decided November 17, 1952No. Crim 4850PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDrapeau, J.

Two police officers in a patrol car came up behind defendant Emery Charles Newsom’s car. It was dark, in the early morning hours after midnight. The officers threw their red light upon defendant and he pulled over to the curb. He had a passenger riding in the front seat with him, Ben R. Lawson, Jr.

The two men got out of their car. The officers searched it and found 19 marijuana cigarettes on the floor board behind the front seat.

The officers arrested the men, took them to jail, and charged them with possession of the narcotic. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11500.)

Lawson, the passenger, first told…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. GriffinCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1950
  2. People v. JonesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
  3. People v. RumleyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1950
  4. People v. BrownCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1951
  5. People v. JohnsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1945

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. People v. GordonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
  2. People v. DewsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957
  3. People v. HooverCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
  4. People v. GoldsteinCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1955
  5. State v. OwensArizona Supreme Court · 1968

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