People v. Cortez
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BROWN (G. A.), P. J.
Appellant, Jose Modesto Cortez, appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of heroin (Health & Saf. Code, 1 § 11350), transportation of heroin (§ 11352), and being under the influence of heroin, a misdemeanor (§ 11550). He was sentenced to the four-year midterm on the transportation count, and imposition of sentence on the possession count was stayed pursuant to Penal Code section 654. A one-year concurrent term in the county jail was imposed for being under the influence of heroin.
Appellant’s complaints deal with the…
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