People v. Terpenning

Defendant was convicted of keeping and occupying a residence with paraphernalia for the purpose of recording and registering bets on horse races (Pen. Code, § 337a, subd. 2.) She appeals from the judgment and sentence.

Defendant did not take the stand; only the officers testified. Deputy Sheriff Olsen, an expert in methods, paraphernalia and forms of bookmaking, received information that a Gilbert telephone number was involved in a call-back relay. This is a type of bookmaking operation wherein the bettor telephones the relay number and makes a bet; the person answering the call then, by…