People v. Johnson

Roosevelt Johnson and Brady Hord were jointly charged with possession of heroin. Johnson admitted a prior conviction of the same offense. Hord pleaded guilty. Johnson appeals from the judgment of conviction entered on the verdict of guilty, and from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

Appellant makes no direct attack on the sufficiency of the evidence. His appeal challenges the admissibility of certain evidence, the adequacy of the instructions and the propriety of portions of the argument of the prosecutor.

The main prosecution witness was Sergeant Hilliard of the Oakland Police…