People v. Fields

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction on a charge of possessing heroin.

In an information filed in Los Angeles County the defendant was charged with violating section 11500, Health and Safety Code, in that on or about November 16, 1957, he possessed heroin. It was also alleged in the information that the defendant had previously been convicted of a violation of section 11500 of the Health and Safety Code on February 23, 1951, and had served a term in prison therefor, and that he had also been convicted of the crime of forgery on April 9, 1953, and had served a term in prison therefor.