Ford
People v. Ford
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Hamlin, J.
Defendant John Harold Ford, Jr., and two codefendants, Billie Rae Ford, defendant’s wife, and Mark Johnson, were charged with violating section 11351 of the Health and Safety Code, 2 possession of cocaine for sale, and section 11359, possession of marijuana for sale. The trial court granted defendant’s Penal Code section 995 motion challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the possession of cocaine for sale *739 charge. Additionally, the trial court granted defendant’s motion for the return of $1,550 cash seized from his pockets at the time of his arrest. Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of the remaining charge of possession of marijuana for sale. The trial court sentenced defendant to the midterm of two years in state prison. Based on that conviction, the court also revoked defendant’s probation for a prior conviction of the same offense and sentenced him to prison for the midterm of two years, to run concurrently with sentence imposed on the new conviction. Defendant appeals.
On appeal, defendant contends the failure of the Stanislaus County Drug Enforcement Unit (hereafter Drug Enforcement Unit) to disclose the names of all agents…