Legal Opinion
People v. Daniels
California Supreme Court
Decided July 30, 1975No. Crim. 18316. L.A. No. 30392PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RICHARDSON, J.
We consider the question of whether sale of a restricted dangerous drug is a crime requiring a general or specific intent and conclude that it requires the former where, as here, there is a transfer of possession of such a drug to another for cash.
David Daniels was found guilty by a jury, as charged, of two counts of selling a restricted dangerous drug (Health & Saf. Code, former § 11912, now § 11352). The court granted a motion for a new trial on the ground urged by defendant that an instruction on specific rather than general intent should have been given, and the…
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