PEOPLE v. HATTON

Docket No. 2867.

114 Cal.App.2d 195 (1952)

249 P.2d 901

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. MANLEY HATTON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

November 13, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Garry for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Wallace G. Colthurst, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


JONES, J. pro tem.

Appellant was convicted of a violation of section 11500 of the Health and Safety Code of California — unlawful possession of narcotics — and appeals from the judgment of imprisonment imposed upon him and from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

As grounds for reversal he urges that the court erred in denying his motion to advise the jury to return a verdict of not guilty because of alleged lack of evidence, and, secondly...

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