PEOPLE v. HARRIS

No. B136443.

99 Cal.Rptr.2d 618 (2000)

83 Cal.App.4th 371

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Melvin Horton HARRIS, Defendant and Appellant.

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

Review Denied November 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jolene Larimore, Carpinteria, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Senior Assistant Attorney General, William T. Harter, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Joana Perez Castille, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


YEGAN, Acting P.J.

Melvin Horton Harris is no stranger to the justice system, penal institutions, or state hospitals. He has suffered 11 serious felony convictions. This time a jury convicted him of possessing methamphetamine and marijuana for sale. (Health & Saf.Code, §§ 11378, 11359.) He was sentenced to state prison for 50 years to life as a "three striker." (Pen.Code, § 667, subd. (e)(2)(A)(ii).) He appeals, alleging that the evidence is insufficient...

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