PEOPLE v. RICHARDSON

Docket No. Crim. 6346.

51 Cal.2d 445 (1959)

334 P.2d 573

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILMA LEE RICHARDSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 30, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Baumgarten for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Peter T. Kennedy, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

A jury found defendant guilty of possessing narcotics in violation of section 11500 of the Health and Safety Code. On this appeal she claims that there was an unlawful search and seizure and that there is insufficient evidence to show knowing possession.

Defendant was taken into custody on the morning of January 2, 1957, by Inspector Noel and three other officers. Noel and one of the other officers testified at the trial and related substantially...

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