PEOPLE v. SILVESTRI

Docket No. 3269.

150 Cal.App.2d 114 (1957)

309 P.2d 871

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOSEPH SILVESTRI, Appellant.

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

April 15, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Cohn and Lawrence Shostak for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Arlo E. Smith, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


KAUFMAN, P.J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of possessing heroin in violation of Health and Safety Code, section 11500.

At approximately 7:30 p.m. on January 4, 1956, the defendant, Joseph Silvestri was standing on the corner of First and Willow Streets, in San Jose, with his brother, Ralph Silvestri. Ralph Silvestri was ill and vomiting. This caught the attention of Police Officer Barnett who...

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