PEOPLE v. DAVIS

Docket No. 10544.

31 Cal.App.3d 106 (1973)

106 Cal. Rptr. 897

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JOHN DAVIS, Defendant and Respondent.

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

March 13, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Edward A. Hinz, Jr., Chief Assistant Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, John T. Murphy, Ira J. Ross and Karl S. Mayer, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

No appearance for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

ELKINGTON, J.

The People appeal from an order granting defendant John Davis a new trial after a jury verdict finding him guilty of selling heroin, a violation of Health and Safety Code section 11501.

An undercover police officer testified to the following. He told one Reginald Reed he "was trying to cop, meaning [he] wanted to make a purchase of heroin." Reed said that...

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