People v. Pineda

Defendant, having been resentenced following one appeal ((1965) 238 Cal.App.2d 466 [47 Cal.Rptr. 879]), *447has again appealed from a judgment sentencing him to state prison for possession of a narcotic in violation of section 11500 of the Health and Safety Code, with two prior convictions for violation of the provisions of the same section, one in 1951, a misdemeanor, and the other, in 1959, a felony.

In the prior appeal the defendant contended that the judge coerced the jury, and that there was error in the sentencing. There was no challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the…