People v. Horn

Under section 11557 of the Health and Safety Code the prohibition of unlawfully opening and maintaining “any place for the purpose of unlawfully selling, giving away or using any narcotic” describes a “purpose” which contemplates continuity in the pursuit of such objectives. In a prosecution for unlawful possession of narcotics in which appellant did not admit his knowledge of the narcotic nature of the substance, he may properly be questioned as to the facts of a former conviction, including the type of narcotic there involved. These, and related issues, we discuss infra.

Appellant appeals…