People v. Harris

The Los Angeles County Grand Jury returned an indictment in which defendant Burnell Joseph Harris was charged with agreeing to sell, deliver, or furnish, a narcotic, to wit, cocaine, to Lionel Robert, and selling, furnishing, or delivering to the same Lionel Robert a nonnarcotic substance in lieu of the narcotic in violation of section 11503 of the Health and Safety Code. The indictment alleged a prior felony conviction of the crime of burglary and a violation of section 503 of the Vehicle Code, also a felony.

Defendant entered a plea of not guilty. Trial was by the court, trial by jury having…