People v. Hunter

Defendant appeals from “the sentence and judgment” herein. He was convicted of violation of section 11500, Health and Safety Code, through a sale of narcotics. The jury also found to be true a charge of two prior felony convictions which defendant had denied.

Appellant does not claim insufficiency of evidence but complains of the instructions and alleged misconduct of the deputy district attorney. The facts are simple. On February 28, 1956, at about 9:45 p. m., Officer David M. Means, Jr., of the Narcotics Squad of the Los Angeles City Police, conversed with an unknown man outside the…