Ambrose
People v. Ambrose
Opinion
Opinion
Defendant was charged with possession of heroin, and three prior felony convictions. By stipulation the matter was submitted to the court on the transcript of the preliminary hearing and the police and arrest reports in the file of the district attorney. She appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence; the purported appeal from the latter is dismissed. ( People v. Gallardo, 41 Cal.2d 57 [ 257 P.2d 29 ].)
According to the testimony of Deputy Velasquez, the following occurred. Sheriff's deputies were engaged in conducting a narcotic investigation of defendant and the area in question; Velasquez had been told by confidential informants, among them Robert Garcia and Henry Korman whom he had previously used, that defendant, her husband and another suspect were selling narcotics at their residence and making delivery to purchasers at a parking lot in a market at Avalon and Florence Avenues. On October 29, 1959, at 12:30 p.m., Velasquez and deputies Nesmith and Guitterez began a surveillance of the parking area of the market; around 1 p.m. Velasquez observed defendant drive into the lot and park a vehicle he recognized as one he had previously seen at her residence.…