PEOPLE v. LeBEAU

Docket No. Crim. 5275.

39 Cal.2d 146 (1952)

245 P.2d 302

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. VERNON LeBEAU, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 20, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Berkley, Joseph G. Kennedy, Clinton Wayne White and Charles E. Wilson for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, J. Frank Coakley, District Attorney (Alameda), and Vernon L. Goodin, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

Vernon LeBeau was convicted of possessing narcotics in violation of section 11500 of the Health and Safety Code, and he appeals from the judgment and an order denying his motion for a new trial. Defendant does not contend that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict, but he claims that the court erred in admitting evidence and in permitting the prosecution to impeach its own witness.

A police officer testified that he searched defendant...

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