State v. Mantell

By information the defendants (appellants) were charged with violation of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act, RCW 69.33, by feloniously having in their possession cannabis sativa, otherwise known as marijuana. A second count charging possession of dangerous drugs was ultimately dismissed. The defendants appeal from their convic tions with respect to count 1 and the sentences entered by the trial court sitting as the trier of fact.

The state’s principal witness was Teresa Preal, who testified that on the evening of May 9, 1966, she returned home with the defendant David Holt and discovered drugs all…