People v. Chavez

A jury found appellant guilty of selling or furnishing marijuana on five dates between February 26 and April 10, 1959. He was sentenced to prison, and appeals from the judgment and the order denying his motion for new trial.

He first contends that the evidence establishes, as a matter of law, his claimed defense of entrapment.

Appellant had served a term in state prison for possession of heroin, the last three years in the medical facility at Vacaville where he had been treated for narcotics addiction. He was paroled in September, 1958. One Salinas, a paid informant employed by the police about…