IN RE RASCON

Docket No. Crim. 9601.

64 Cal.2d 523 (1966)

413 P.2d 678

50 Cal. Rptr. 790

In re AMBROCIO MEDINA RASCON on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 3, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ambrocio Medina Rascon, in pro. per., and Gilbert F. Nelson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, John L. Giordano and Edward A. Hinz, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


McCOMB, J.

On March 19, 1963, by an information filed in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, petitioner was charged with the crime of violating section 11500 of the Health and Safety Code (possession of heroin). As amended, the information alleged three prior felony convictions of that section.

On August 14, 1963, in department 115, petitioner was convicted of possession of heroin, as charged in the information. The trial court found one of the alleged...

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