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People v. Gunter

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1968 Cal. App. LEXIS 1909·260 Cal. App. 2d 732·67 Cal. Rptr. 399
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaApril 2, 1968Crim. 13557California867 words

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Opinion

Fourt, J.

—This is an appeal from “the judgment” “made on March 3, 1967.” Defendant was found guilty of possession of amidone.

In an information filed in Los Angeles on August 21, 1961, defendant was charged with possessing amidone on July 31, 1961, in violation of the provisions of section 11500 of the Health and Safety Code. In a jury trial defendant was found guilty as charged. She made an application for probation and a report was filed on October 19, 1961. This report sets forth in part that defendant had been a user of narcotics for ten years, was an extensive user of morphine and heroin, had had numerous arrests for thefts and prostitution, and had at one time signed herself into the U.S. Public Health Hospital at Lexington, Kentucky, for treatment but had signed herself out in two weeks. It was further related that at the time of her arrest she was attempting to throw heroin into the toilet. She was referred to Department 95 as an addict, the court noting, “It is my feeling that there is a realistic possibility of rehabilitation.” In Department 95 she was found to be a narcotics addict and she was remanded to the California Rehabilitation Center, where she was received on November…

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