People v. Spriggs

60 Cal.2d 868 (1964)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

CLARENCE SPRIGGS, Defendant and Appellant.

Crim. No. 7601.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Feb. 25, 1964.

Herbert E. Selwyn, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and C. A. Collins, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

The trial court sitting without a jury convicted defendant of possessing heroin in violation of Health and Safety Code, section 11500. He appeals from the judgment of conviction,…