PEOPLE v. TORRES

Docket No. Crim. 6908.

56 Cal.2d 864 (1961)

366 P.2d 823

17 Cal. Rptr. 495

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FREDDIE REGALDO TORRES, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 16, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell E. Parsons for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and George W. Kell, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

The court, sitting without a jury, found defendant guilty of possessing narcotics in violation of section 11500 of the Health and Safety Code, and he appeals, contending that illegally obtained evidence was used against him.

Officer Walsh, a member of the narcotics division of the Los Angeles Police Department, testified that he observed defendant in the vicinity of 3rd and Hill Streets in Los Angeles, an area "having some frequency of narcotic...

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