Ventura

We affirm the judgment finding defendant Teodoso Figueroa Ventura guilty of various narcotics violations.

Background

After arresting defendant in his car and recovering cocaine and heroin, sheriff’s deputies served a search warrant on a garage apartment rented by defendant. There they found cocaine, heroin, narcotics paraphernalia, and a book with notations indicating that the location was being used for narcotics transactions.

While the deputies were in the garage, they answered several phone calls where the callers asked for “George” or “Huero” and discussed the purchase of narcotics. One caller asked for a “quarter gram of stuff and an eight-ball.” According to an expert witness, an eight-ball is one-eighth ounce of cocaine.

The owner of the garage apartment testified that a few days before the police raid defendant, whom she knew as George, paid her $510 for one month’s rent on the location.

The jury found defendant guilty of possession for sale of cocaine, possession for sale of heroin, and transportation of both substances. He was sent to prison.

Discussion

I

Defendant complains that the telephone conversations in the garage were inadmissible hearsay. He…