PEOPLE v. KALUNA

Docket No. 3578.

168 Cal.App.2d 34 (1959)

335 P.2d 246

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN C. KALUNA, Appellant.

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

February 16, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Mancuso, Public Defender (San Francisco), and Waldo F. Postel, Jr., Deputy Public Defender, for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, Arlo E. Smith and Preble Stolz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


KAUFMAN, P.J.

Appellant, John C. Kaluna, was convicted of possessing a substance known as "Percodan" in violation of section 11500 of the Health and Safety Code. Percodan contains dihydrohydroxycodeinone, a synthetic narcotic with a natural base, derived directly from codeine. At the trial, no proof was made as to the amount of this derivative present in the Percodan pills found in the possession of the appellant. The only contention on appeal is that the State failed...

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