People v. Castiel

The appellants were charged jointly in an indictment in five counts, one of conspiracy to violate section 11500, Health and Safety Code, two counts charging separate sales of heroin and two counts charging transportation of heroin. Appellant Castiel was convicted on all five counts and appellant Benjamin of conspiracy and on one count each of sale and transportation, the other two counts having been dismissed as to her.

The prosecution’s evidence showed that an informer in the presence of three narcotics officers on March 2, 1956, talked on the telephone to a man called “Nate,” asked for a…