People v. Alvarado

Defendant was charged with possession of heroin (§ 11500, Health & Saf. Code), and two prior state felony narcotic convictions and one in the federal court. The People’s case was submitted to the trial judge on the transcript of the testimony taken at the preliminary hearing; no defense was offered. The trial judge found defendant guilty as charged and the allegation of the first prior to be true; the second was stricken and no finding was made on the third. Defendant was sentenced to the state prison; it was ordered that the sentence run concurrently with that imposed in a previous ease. He…