People v. Nailor

Defendant was convicted on one count of possession of heroin (Health & Saf. Code, § 11500) and appeals.

People’s Case.

On July 5, 1962, Officer Nelson of the Los Angeles Police Department was on a narcotics investigation with his partner, Sergeant Cooper. He was wearing plain clothes. For undisclosed reasons he had entered the El Rey Hotel at 511 East Sixth Street and was walking along the second floor corridor when he saw defendant coming toward him. Defendant was 10 to 12 feet away from him and Nelson noticed a small white object in his right hand. At that moment it was hard to tell what the…