Hampton

Willie Hampton appeals from a judgment of imprisonment rendered after a jury found him guilty of possession for sale of marijuana (Health & Saf. Code, § 11359).

*519 On May 21, 1979, a plant quarantine inspector opened a footlocker at Honolulu International Airport during a routine check of air cargo destined for San Francisco. Inside the footlocker were black plastic garbage bags; in the garbage bags were smaller plastic bags containing what appeared to be marijuana. The plant inspector moved the footlocker to the cargo manager’s office and the police were summoned. A Honolulu police detective arrived and determined that the bags did contain marijuana. He informed the San Mateo County Sheriffs office, and arranged for the air carrier to proceed with shipment of the footlocker to the San Francisco International Airport.

Detective Hefner of the San Mateo County Sheriffs office met the flight and took possession of the footlocker. Hefner took the footlocker to the South San Francisco Police Department where he opened it, finding what appeared to be marijuana; he closed the locker and returned it to the air freight forwarder’s office. In due course appellant arrived,…