PEOPLE v. TORRES

Docket No. 815.

98 Cal.App.2d 189 (1950)

219 P.2d 480

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JUAN M. TORRES et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District.

June 23, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.M. Lopes for Appellants.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Howard S. Goldin, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


GRIFFIN, J.

Defendants and appellants Juan M. Torres, Mario Garcia Tapia and Alfredo Barela Estrada were charged and convicted by the court sitting without a jury, with the crime of illegal possession of marihuana. The main point involved in this appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the finding of possession.

Late at night on November 25, 1949, two officers stopped a Chevrolet sedan being driven by defendant Torres. Defendant Tapia was seated...

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