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PEOPLE v. SWEENEY

Docket No. Crim. 6708.

55 Cal.2d 27 (1960)

357 P.2d 1049

9 Cal. Rptr. 793

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. PAUL WESLEY SWEENEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 16, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Wesley Sweeney, in pro. per., Harold J. Ackerman, Joseph Flaig, Gerald D. Lenoir and Crispus A. Wright for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

DOOLING, J.

Defendant was charged with giving away amidone, a narcotic (Health & Saf. Code, § 11500) and with giving a bribe to a deputy sheriff (Pen. Code, § 67). A jury convicted him of both offenses and he was sentenced to the state prison. He appeals from the judgment, the sentence,1 and the order denying his motion for a new trial.

While defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain...

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