PEOPLE v. HARRIS

Docket No. Crim. 8527.

62 Cal.2d 681 (1965)

401 P.2d 225

43 Cal. Rptr. 833

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BILLY LEO HARRIS et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 28, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Minsky, Garber & Rudof, Albert C. Garber, J.M. Groshan and Bernard M. Minsky for Defendants and Appellants.

Stanley Mosk and Thomas C. Lynch, Attorneys General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Lawrence R. Tapper, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


McCOMB, J.

Defendant Billy Leo Harris was convicted of violating section 11500.5 of the Health and Safety Code (possession of heroin for sale), and his wife, defendant Geraldine Harris, was convicted of violating section 11500 (possession). Both defendants appeal from the judgments.

Facts: Narcotic officers, in an investigation of a Mr. and Mrs. White, had searched their apartment and placed them under arrest. During the course of this investigation...

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