PEOPLE v. CARDENAS

Docket No. 4976.

118 Cal.App.2d 9 (1953)

256 P.2d 1055

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. FIDEL C. CARDENAS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

May 20, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manuel Ruiz, Jr., for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Alan R. Woodard, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


DORAN, J.

Defendant was charged by information in count I with the possession of what is commonly known as marihuana and in count II with the possession of "a preparation of heroin." Defendant was adjudged guilty by a jury, a motion for a new trial was denied and the appeal followed.

As recited in appellant's brief, "Appellant contends on this appeal that before a conviction may be sustained, that the record must show that possession of narcotics must be such...

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