People v. McCullough

Appellant was charged with a violation of Penal Code section 12021 (ownership and possession of a coneealable firearm by a felon) and convicted by a jury.

The record reveals these facts: On November 8, 1961, at about 3:45 a.m., Officers Pipkin and Hale were on patrol on the coast highway between Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz. They had observed no vehicles on the highway for several hours, until at the hour indicated, about 8 miles south of Half Moon Bay, they saw appellant’s car proceeding in a northerly direction. The attention of the officers was directed to the ear because it was the first…