Lamb

Defendant and Robert Gonzales were jointly charged with: (count I) possession of heroin for sale, in violation of section 11500.5 of the Health and Safety Code; and (count II) possession of methadone, in violation of section 11500, of that code. After a trial to the court, defendant was found guilty on both counts; Gonzales was found guilty, under count I, of the lesser and included offense of possession of heroin and was acquitted on count II. Proceedings under the Narcotics Rehabilitation Act were instituted as to defendant, and he was committed to the Rehabilitation Center. He escaped from that institution and, thereafter, was certified to the superior court as unsuitable for treatment. Superior court proceedings were resumed and defendant was sentenced to state prison. He has appealed; we modify the judgment and affirm it as modified.

Police officers received information from an informant that a “Welo” Lamb and another man called “Bobby” were selling heroin at 315 South Ynez Street in Monterey Park. A record check disclosed that defendant (Leonard Ira Lamb) was on parole, had given that as his last address and that a warrant for his arrest as a parole violator was…