Jenkins

After a court trial, defendant was found guilty of one count of manufacturing phencyclidine (PCP) (Health & Saf. Code, § 11379) and one count of possession of piperidine and cyclohexanone with the intent to manufacture phencyclidine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11383, subd. (b).) He was sentenced to state prison for a term of four years.

Defendant’s main argument on appeal is that the evidence does not support his conviction.

Facts

The case arose when police officers on July 26, 1977, discovered a laboratory apparently used for the manufacture of PCP. The laboratory was in a detached garage located behind a house at 3546 Gale Avenue in Long Beach, the residence of defendant’s brother Gregory Jenkins and Gregory’s girl friend.

The police entered the garage through a slightly opened door and found various beakers, bottles, vials and cans containing an impressive array of chemicals: cyclohexanone, cyanide, magnesium, iodine crystals, bromobenzene, hydrochloric acid, petroleum ether, piperidinocyclohexane carbonitrate, and PCP. Fingerprints were lifted from 12 of the laboratory items. Fingerprints of defendant’s brother Gregory were found on an empty plastic beaker and on a 500…