People v. Brown

55 Cal.2d 64 (1960)

THE PEOPLE, Respondent,

v.

JOSEPH BROWN, Appellant.

Crim. No. 6655.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Dec. 22, 1960.

Gerald L. Rosen, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent.

THE COURT.

The trial court, sitting without a jury, found defendant guilty of offering to sell narcotics in violation of section 11500 (now renumbered and hereafter called 11501) of the Health and Safety Code. It also found that he was previously convicted of attempted robbery, denied his motion…