People v. Reynolds

*1018Opinion

KINGSLEY, Acting P. J.

Defendant was charged with, and after a trial by the court (trial by jury having been duly waived) was found guilty of possession of marijuana for sale, in violation of section 11359 of the Health and Safety Code. He has appealed; we reverse the conviction with directions.

Acting on a tip that a man named Billy Connors was selling marijuana from a certain address, the police sent a known confidential informant to that address. The informant succeeded in buying marijuana from “Billy. ” He told the police that another man, described as “a male Negro [sic] with black…