The PEOPLE v. Rosenfeld

The grand jury of Douglas County indicted the defendant, Lewis Rosenfeld, together with Marvin Goldfarb and Barry Goldberg, upon charges that they unlawfully “possessed or had under their control,” a narcotic drug, marihuana. Goldberg and Goldfarb pleaded guilty, and when the defendant’s case came on for trial their applications for probation were pending. The defendant was found guilty after a jury trial, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than ten years. On this writ of error he asserts that the indictment was defective, that he was…