People v. Williams

This is an appeal by a defendant who was convicted of possession of heroin in violation of Health and Safety Code, section 11500. Appellant Williams and Clarence Lace-field were jointly charged and tried before a jury. Each was represented by separate counsel. Both were found guilty. Williams alone has appealed.

In passing upon appellant’s contentions that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s finding of guilt, and insufficient to support the trial court’s finding that the search which produced the- evidence of guilt was lawful, this court does not weigh the evidence. (People v. Redrick, 55 Cal.2d 282, 289 [ 10 Cal.Rptr. 823 , 359 P.2d 255 ].) Since the function of the appellate court is to determine whether there is any substantial evidence upon which the jury and the trial judge could have made their respective findings, this opinion need only state the testimony which supports the judgment.

At about 9 a.m. on February 22, 1962, two Los Angeles Police Officers went to an apartment house on Manhattan Place. Their purpose was to investigate appellant,-who they knew had been arrested many times for narcotics violations and who was then on parole following a…