P. v. Romero
Filed 7/12/06 P. v. Romero CA2/4
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION FOUR
| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. YEMAL ROMERO, Defendant and Appellant. | B179710 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No.BA168559) |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Carol H. Rehm, Jr., Judge. Affirmed.
Elisa A. Brandes, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Robert F. Katz and, Robert M. Snider, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Yemal Romero appeals from judgment entered following a jury trial in which he was found guilty of possession for sale of cocaine base (Health & Saf. Code, § 11351.5). He was sentenced to prison for the middle term of four years. He contends his conviction should be reversed because the trial court improperly allowed the police officers to offer opinion testimony that appellant did not exhibit symptoms of drug addiction, which tended to prove the drug, therefore, was possessed for sale. For reasons explained in the opinion, we affirm the judgment.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On March 3, 2004, Gerardo Gutierrez was working as an undercover police officer for the City of Los Angeles, narcotics division, field enforcement section. At approximately 3:00 p.m., he was part of an eight-person team conducting a narcotics investigation at 3520 West 3rd Street in the County of Los Angeles. The location was â€
