Lyles
People v. Lyles
Opinion
Opinion
Charged by indictment with possession of heroin for sale ( 11500.5, Health & Saf. Code) and possession of marijuana for sale ( 11530.5, Health & Saf. Code), defendant was found guilty and sentenced to the state prison. He appeals from the judgment and order denying motion for a new trial. The appeal from the order is dismissed.
On April 3, 1966, Lapriel Alyett, the manager of an apartment house at 4620 Coliseum Drive, rented apartment 204 to defendant whom she knew as Jose Rodriguez, for which he gave her a deposit; on April 9, 1966, he paid the rent for the balance of the month and on May 7, 1966, he paid another month's rent to Mrs. Urban, assistant manager, who issued the receipt to "Jose Rodriguez." Almost every day Mrs. Alyett saw defendant come and go from apartment 204.
Officer White had made an investigation concerning the utilities in apartment 204 and learned that the telephone was registered to defendant. Around 12:16 a.m. on June 1, 1966, the officer was near the front of 4620 Coliseum Drive when he saw one Haley, a narcotic drug addict free on bail on a charge of selling heroin, arrive at the address in a white Oldsmobile station wagon; Haley remained in…