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PEOPLE v. SYKES

Docket No. Crim. 5648.

44 Cal.2d 166 (1955)

280 P.2d 769

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JACK SYKES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 15, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sol A. Abrams and George E. Hammer for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Raymond M. Momboisse, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

EDMONDS, J.

The appeal of Jack Sykes, who with Rudy Mercado, was indicted for furnishing marijuana to Beverly Detrick, a minor, is from the judgment of conviction of the crime of violating section 11714 of the Health and Safety Code.

Beverly Detrick, 17 years of age, testified that while she was sitting in a cafe, Sykes entered, took a marijuana cigarette from his pocket, and handed it to Mercado. After Mercado lighted the cigarette, he handed it to Beverly...

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