People v. Beccera

This is an appeal from the judgment entered upon a jury’s verdict which found the appellant guilty of a sale of heroin and from the order denying motion for a new trial.

The sale of which appellant stands convicted was made to one Henry Lopez, an inspector for the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement. Lopez encountered appellant whom he knew as a dope addict, a user, and a seller, for the purpose of obtaining Narcotics for his own use. Lopez asked appellant if he had seen “Hankers,” the nickname of a man from whom Lopez previously had bought narcotics in appellant’s presence. Appellant replied that…