Harris

People v. Harris

Good Law
173 Cal. App. 2d 597·1959 Cal. App. LEXIS 1630·343 P.2d 765
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaSeptember 10, 1959Crim. No. 6642California705 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Nourse, J.

By indictment appellant was charged with selling, furnishing and giving away a narcotic, in violation of section 11500 of the Health and Safety Code.

After trial to the court, a jury having been expressly waived, she was found guilty as charged and sentenced to the *598 California Institution for Women for the term prescribed by law. Appellant was represented at the trial by the public defender but prosecutes this appeal in her own person.

So far as we can determine from what she denominates her brief, her only claim of error is the insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the judgment. We have carefully read the transcript and are convinced that there is substantial evidence to sustain the finding of guilty made by the trial court.

Following is a summary of the evidence: It was stipulated that if one William King were called and sworn he would testify that a certain envelope handed him containing a rubber fragment which contained a white powdery substance, and that he had analyzed this white powdery substance and that it was heroin. His qualifications as a forensic chemist were also stipulated to.

One Nunley, a police officer of the Los Angeles Police Department testified…

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