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PEOPLE v. DE SANTIAGO

Docket No. Crim. 12033.

71 Cal.2d 18 (1969)

453 P.2d 353

76 Cal. Rptr. 809

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MARIO DE SANTIAGO, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 24, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Dintzer, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

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

Evelle J. Younger, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Harry Wood and Harry B. Sondheim, Deputy District Attorneys, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

SULLIVAN, J.

In a nonjury trial defendant Mario De Santiago was acquitted of a charge of selling heroin (Health & Saf. Code, § 11501) and convicted of the possession of heroin for sale (Health & Saf. Code, § 11500.5). His motion for a new trial was denied, criminal proceedings were adjourned, and, after proceedings had pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 3051 et seq., defendant was committed to the state hospital at Corona for treatment...

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