People v. Pendarvis

Defendant appeals from a judgment rendered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of forging and uttering a prescription for a narcotic in violation of section 11715 of the Health and Safety Code. On appeal, it is argued that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict; that the trial court failed to make a preliminary determination as to the voluntariness of a confession introduced at the trial; that the introduction of the confession was a violation of due process of law; that he was deprived of due process; that the trial court erroneously permitted allusions to the defendant’s prior…