The People, Plaintiff and Respondent v. Lewis Marcus Dowl, Defendant and Appellant

Summary

The court affirmed the convictions for transporting marijuana and possessing marijuana for sale. It held that the defendant forfeited any challenge to the admissibility of the prosecution expert's testimony based on the expert's qualifications by failing to object at trial, but it separately reviewed the overall sufficiency of the evidence and found it adequate to establish intent to sell. Justice Werdegar, concurring, agreed with the result but disagreed that the lack of an objection barred consideration of the expert's relative lack of expertise as part of substantial-evidence review.