People v. White

Defendant was convicted of violating section 11500 of the Health and Safety Code, a felony (possession of heroin). He has appealed from the judgment.

Acting on information furnished by an arrestee that narcotics would be found in the room of one Griggs, in the Lincoln Hotel in Los Angeles, Officers Alexander and Heldoorn proceeded to said hotel to investigate. They discovered that he occupied Room 65. Upon going to that room the officers were given permission by Griggs to search it, but found no narcotics. While still in the hotel, the officers received information from defendant’s wife that…