PEOPLE v. MESA

Docket No. Crim. 17748.

14 Cal.3d 466 (1975)

535 P.2d 337

121 Cal. Rptr. 473

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FRANK STEVEN MESA, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 29, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard Savitz, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Harold F. Tyvoll for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Daniel J. Kremer, Assistant Attorney General, A. Wells Petersen and Yvonne H. Behart, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

David D. Minier, District Attorney (Santa Barbara), and Patrick J. McKinley, Deputy District Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

CLARK, J.

Defendant appeals from judgment entered on jury verdicts convicting him of possession of narcotics for sale (Health & Saf. Code, § 11351) and possession of narcotics paraphernalia (Health & Saf. Code, § 11364). The judgment is affirmed, but modified.

The contraband was discovered in defendant's residence during a search conducted pursuant to a warrant. The affidavit in support of the warrant...

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