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PEOPLE v. VALENZUELA

Docket No. 6696.

174 Cal.App.2d 759 (1959)

345 P.2d 270

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DORA VALENZUELA et al., Defendants; FIDEL MARTINEZ NIREA, Appellant.

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

October 27, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Del Guercio for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Jack E. Goertzen, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

HERNDON, J.

Fidel Nirea and Dora Valenzuela were jointly charged with possession of heroin. After entering pleas of not guilty, defendants waived jury trial and their causes were submitted on the transcript of the testimony taken at the preliminary hearing. Both defendants were found guilty. As to Nirea, charges of three former felony convictions (robbery in 1948, escape in 1949, and possession of narcotics in 1955) were found to be true, and he was sentenced to state...

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