People v. Shepherd

—Defendant has appealed from a judgment of conviction for offering to sell marijuana.

Defendant was indicted for a violation of section 11531, Health and Safety Code, charging that on December 22, 1960, he did “willfully, unlawfully and feloniously sell, furnish and give away a narcotic, to wit, marijuana.” The indictment was later amended by interlineation by the addition of the words “offer to” inserted before the word “sell” so that the charge as amended read that he “willfully, unlawfully and feloniously offered to sell, furnish and give away a narcotic, to wit, marijuana. ’ ’ It was also…