People v. Ventura

Opinion

ORTEGA, J.

We affirm the judgment finding defendant Teodoso Figueroa Ventura guilty of various narcotics violations.

Background

After arresting defendant in his car and recovering cocaine and heroin, sheriff’s deputies served a search warrant on a garage apartment rented by defendant. There they found cocaine, heroin, narcotics paraphernalia, and a book with notations indicating that the location was being used for narcotics transactions.

While the deputies were in the garage, they answered several phone calls where the callers asked for “George” or “Huero” and discussed the purchase of…