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PEOPLE v. ACOSTA

Docket No. 8504.

213 Cal.App.2d 706 (1963)

29 Cal. Rptr. 241

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GERALD ROBERT ACOSTA, Defendant and Appellant.

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

March 11, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chandler & Duncan and Elinor Chandler for Defendant and Appellant.

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

HERNDON, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment entered after a nonjury trial, convicting him of possession of heroin for purpose of sale in violation of section 11500.5 of the Health and Safety Code.1 We shall recite the essential facts reflected by the record viewed in the light most favorable to the respondent as required by the familiar rule.

[1a] On December 27, 1961, Officer John Hanks of the Los Angeles Police...

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