Farmer

Defendant was found guilty of possession of heroin (§11500, Health & Saf. Code) ; he appeals from the judgment.

On April 22, 1967, around 9 :20 a.m., Officer Nelson, traveling in a police car, observed a vehicle leave a boulevard stop at about 10 miles per hour going in the opposite direction; the passenger (defendant) fit the description of a burglary suspect. He turned around and followed the vehicle which accelerated to 40 miles per hour according to the speedometer of the police car; the speed limit was 25 miles per hour. The other vehicle stopped and defendant got out; there was a brief conversation between defendant and the driver, codefendant Spruill. The officer had stopped directly behind Spruill and turned on the red lights of the police car; he watched defendant hurriedly walk south, drop a shiny silvery object about 75 feet south of the intersection and continue walking. Spruill then made a right turn and stopped 100 feet south, the police car following; when Spruill reached the curb after his right *502 turn and stopped, defendant had reached a point from 25 to 30 feet ahead of the cars. Officer Nelson got out of his car as did Spruill; they approached each other and…