People v. Contreras

Appellant was convicted by a jury of violating Health and Safety Code, section 11503 (furnishing of substance other than narcotic after having agreed to furnish narcotic).

On August 3, 1961, an undercover narcotics agent, together with an informer named Perez, approached appellant who was sitting in a car with two other occupants, for the expressly stated purpose of buying narcotics and as a consequence of that encounter, appellant agreed to a sale to the undercover agent, but at a different time and place. Approximately 35 minutes later, the transaction was consummated. The substance sold was…