Crawford

Defendant appeals from a judgment rendered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of unlawfully planting and cultivating marijuana in violation of section 11530 of the Health and Safety Code and from the order denying his motion for a new trial. The only question presented by the appeal is whether the evidence is legally sufficient to sustain the conviction, and after an examination of the record, it is our opinion that it is. Among the facts and circumstances disclosed thereby are the following:

The witness, John Contreres, testified that he had visited the defendant at his home in Dows Prairie in Humboldt County early in September of 1960. The defendant took him behind the house and showed him approximately one dozen plants and told him that the plants were marijuana. Contreres also saw these plants on several other occasions and saw the defendant water them. Subsequently, at the suggestion of Contreres and with his help, the defendant moved the plants and replanted them in a wooded area located some distance behind the defendant’s house and near Strawberry Creek. Contreres also observed the defendant watering the plants after transplantation. Contreres further testified that…