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People v. Gorg

California Supreme Court

Decided December 16, 1955No. Crim. 5762PublishedCited by 317 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtTraynor, J.

— Defendant appeals from an order granting him probation and an order denying his motion for a new trial entered after he was found guilty by a jury of one count of possessing marijuana (Health & Saf. Code, § 11500) and one count of planting and cultivating marijuana. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11530.)

Defendant, a 23-year-old law student, occupied a room with a bath in the home of Don Stevens in Menlo Park in exchange for doing the gardening. On Saturday evening, February 19, 1955, he was arrested on a charge of shoplifting. He admitted the taking of the articles for which he had been arrested,…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Agnello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. People v. CahanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
  3. People v. MichaelCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
  4. Judd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
  5. People v. BoylesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955

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3Cited by317 opinions

  1. United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Stoner v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Badillo v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
  4. People v. RobertsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
  5. People v. CarterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1957

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