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PEOPLE v. PRESCOTT

Docket No. 11870.

257 Cal.App.2d 843 (1968)

65 Cal. Rptr. 366

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BILLY CHARLES PRESCOTT, Defendant and Appellant.

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

January 16, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Molly H. Minudri, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Lola M. McAlpin, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

JEFFERSON, J.

Defendant was tried by a jury and found guilty of two narcotics offenses, selling heroin (Health & Saf. Code, § 11501) and possessing it for purpose of sale (Health & Saf. Code, § 11500.5). The court denied a motion for new trial but reduced each offense to the lesser included offense of simple possession of narcotics (Health & Saf. Code, § 11500). Probation was denied and defendant was sentenced to prison. He appeals, contending...

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