People v. Salazar

Defendants Salazar and Romero appeal from a conviction of selling narcotics in violation of section 11501 of the Health and Safety Code, and from an order denying them a new trial.

The record shows that at 6 p. m. on March 9, 1961, Officers Willis and Ewing of the San Jose Police Department met Albert Garcia, an employee of the department, and that Willis gave Garcia $40 with which he was to attempt to purchase heroin; that the three men went to the San Jose Nalline testing center, where Garcia had been enrolled as an addict. Garcia drove to the center in his car, and the two officers followed…