People v. Ortiz

The defendant, Manuel F. Ortiz, appeals from a conviction of violation of section 4573.6 of the Penal Code; the information charges that he “. . . did wilfully and unlawfully have in his possession in the Merced County Behabilitation Center, a drug, without the authorization of any person in charge of the Rehabilitation Center.” The record shows that he had almost completed his sentence of six months on a misdemeanor charge of having driven an automobile after his license had been revoked, when an undercover agent of the State Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement urged him to sell to him for 25…