People v. Cruz

—Convicted by a jury of the charge of selling heroin (Health & Saf. Code, § 11501) and sentenced to state prison, defendant appeals.

On March 1, 1966, an undercover agent of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department purchased four bindles--of heroin from the defendant for the sum of $12. Shortly after the sale, the officer observed the defendant inject a powder substance and fluid into his arm with a hypodermic needle.

Defendant did not testify in his own behalf, but did display his arms to the jurors.

Defendant attacks the judgment of conviction on the following grounds: (1) The evidence of the…