People v. MacHado

Defendant appeals from a judgment following conviction by the court, jury trial having been waived, of possession of marijuana in violation of Health and Safety Code, section 11500 (now Health & Saf. Code, § 11531, as to marijuana, added by Stats. 1959, ch. 1112).

In an amended information filed immediately before trial, defendant was charged with a prior felony conviction, a violation of title 26 U.S.C., section 2591 (a) (transferring marijuana), for which he had served a term in a federal reformatory.

Defendant was conversing with a friend, Manuel Sandoval, in front of the latter’s house in…