Chaney
People v. Chaney
Opinion
Opinion
Franson, J.
Defendant Lemuel B. Chaney, Sr., appeals from the judgment entered on the jury verdict convicting him of possession for sale of rock cocaine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11351.5) and manufacture of a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11379.6, subd. (a)). Defendant makes several contentions for reversal of the judgment, all of which we reject.
Statement of Facts
On March 13, 1990, about 7 a.m., Bakersfield Police Officer Lyle Martin, who was assigned to narcotics detail, along with several other officers, executed a search warrant at 1809 Lacey Street, Apartment 10. The officers found defendant lying on the living room couch. A second individual, 17-year-old Roy Brooks, was in the east bedroom.
A search of the two-bedroom apartment turned up an Ohaus brand triple beam scale in a kitchen cabinet along with two boxes of baking soda and some jars with a white residue inside. Nothing else was in the cabinet and most of the other cabinets were bare. In the east bedroom where Brooks was found, officers seized a pair of handcuffs, a Rolex watch, an MCI card, a plastic test tube, a measuring spoon, a Casio quick-dialing telephone dialer and two firearms. The officers also…