People v. Vanella

This concerns an appeal from an order revoking probation.

In an information filed in Los Angeles on September 28, 1961, Ralph Vanella with two eodefendants was charged with having in his possession on August 5, 1961, marijuana. One of the codefendants was alleged to have been convicted previously of robbery in Los Angeles County in 1952. Vanella was found guilty as charged in the information and although the evidence disclosed that Vanella had a suitcase full of marijuana (22 pounds) and obviously was a seller of considerable consequence, on May 23, 1962, the sentence to the state prison was…