PEOPLE v. RUSSELL

Docket No. 7568.

196 Cal.App.2d 58 (1961)

16 Cal. Rptr. 228

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CLARENCE MURL RUSSELL, Appellant.

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

October 3, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren L. Ettinger for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow and Matthew M. Kearney, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


LILLIE, J.

The jury found defendant guilty of possession of heroin in violation of section 11500, Health and Safety Code and a prior narcotic felony conviction in 1953.

Deputy Copping had been with the sheriff's narcotic detail since February 1958; he was established by experience, training and study as qualified to testify concerning narcotic use and addiction. Deputy Burley had been four and a half years with the narcotics division and was similarly qualified...

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