Camerano

People v. Camerano

Caution
1968 Cal. App. LEXIS 1926·260 Cal. App. 2d 861·67 Cal. Rptr. 446
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaApril 10, 1968Crim. 13631California1,978 words

Opinion

Opinion

Fourt, J.

—Gerald Albert Camerano and Henry Camerano appeal from the separate judgments by the court, sitting without a jury, convicting each of them of possession of heroin in violation of section 11500, Health and Safety Code.

Appellants, who are brothers, were jointly tried and by stipulation the case was determined on the transcript of the joint preliminary hearing. The record establishes that each of the brothers possessed a substantial quantity of heroin.

During the latter part of February 1966, Officer Penn R. Weldon was informed by Jerry Martin, in the presence of Detective Luciano, that on separate occasions Martin had purchased heroin from one or the other of two brothers known as “Grumpy” and “Jerry” who were operating in the South San Gabriel area. Martin knew that Jerry lived on Hershey Street and that Grumpy lived on Young Street, and he gave Grumpy’s telephone number to Officer Weldon. Officer Weldon ascertained that the telephone number was listed at an address on Young Street, that Grumpy’s real name was Henry Camerano, and that “Jerry” was Gerald Camerano. A couple of weeks later, Detective Luciano notified Officer Weldon that a narcotics addict recently taken into…

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