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PEOPLE v. ROSS

Docket No. 5816.

149 Cal.App.2d 287 (1957)

308 P.2d 37

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN WILLIE ROSS, Appellant.

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

March 19, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Marshall for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Morris Schachter, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

ASHBURN, J.

After a nonjury trial defendant was convicted of possession of heroin (Health & Saf. Code, § 11500). He appeals from the judgment and an order denying his motion for new trial. The only point urged by counsel is insufficiency of the evidence to support an implied finding that defendant had possession and knowledge of the character of heroin which was found in his room. [1] That knowledge, as well as possession, is an essential element...

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