People v. Arter

Appellant was convicted and sentenced to state prison for possession of heroin. His sole contention on appeal is that he was arrested without a warrant and without reasonable or probable cause, so that the incriminating evidence seized in the course of the ensuing search was inadmissible. By stipulation the case was submitted to the trial judge upon the transcript of the testimony taken at the preliminary examination.

On the night of June 13,1958, Donald J. Johnson, the arresting officer, had a conversation with a man to whom he referred as “the foreman.” Apparently the person referred to was…