People v. Arguello

*415KAUS, J.

A jury found defendant guilty on a count charging him with possession of heroin for sale. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11500.5.) Outside of the presence of the jury defendant had admitted a conviction of murder suffered in 1950. A motion for new trial was denied, but the court reduced the offense to simple possession of heroin. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11500.) Defendant appeals.

We take the statement of facts leading to defendant’s arrest and the seizure of the heroin from his own brief: “Various officers of the State Narcotic Agency and members of the Los Angeles Police Department,…