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PEOPLE v. PINEDA

Docket No. 4920.

238 Cal.App.2d 466 (1965)

47 Cal. Rptr. 879

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ERNEST VIALLADA PINEDA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

November 30, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul N. McCloskey, Jr., under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, and McCloskey, Wilson, Mosher & Martin for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Robert R. Granucci and Jay S. Linderman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

DEVINE, J.

In this appeal from a conviction for illegal possession of heroin, appellant's two points are: (1) that the judge coerced the jury, and (2) that there was error in the sentencing. There is no challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction.

Officers armed with a search warrant entered a room which was occupied by appellant, appellant's brother Charles, and Joe Gracia. Charles was under the influence of a narcotic.

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