State v. Serrano

CASE, Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendant, Stanley Serrano, from a conviction for possession of marijuana and from a prison sentence of from three to ten years.

The facts, viewed in a light most favorable to sustaining the conviction, are as follows. On 19 January 1970 several narcotics agents, armed with a search warrant, entered a two-story residence in the City of Flagstaff, Arizona. At the time of entry, there were approximately 30 to 40 people in the residence. The defendant was among a group of people upstairs while the majority of the people were downstairs. After conducting a…