Rollins
People v. Rollins
Opinion
Opinion
Ashburn, J.
Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of possession of heroin in violation of section 11500" Health and Safety Code. Through counsel appointed by the court he makes two primary contentions, (1) that the court erred in denying voir dire examination of the arresting officers concerning reliability of their informants and the reasonableness of their belief that a felony had been or was being committed, and (2) that the evidence is insufficient to sustain a finding of guilty on the charge of possession.
In considering the latter contention we must accept as established all evidence, inferences and intendments favorable to respondent’s case (People v. Newland, 15 Cal.2d 678, 681 [ 104 P.2d 778 ]).
Defendant’s arrest occurred on July 15, 1957, at about 8 :30 p. m., in the apartment of William McCormick in the Strange Apartments at Third and Witmer Streets in the city of Los Angeles. Police Officers Jones and O’Grady had received on July 13th information from a confidential informant, whom they had found reliable,' that McCormick was an addict who was selling heroin in that apartment. Officer O’Grady had previously made an arrest upon the basis of information received from…