California Court of Appeal

A conviction for carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle under Penal Code section 12025(a)(3) does not require proof that defendant actually brought a gun into a car; counsel's failure to request a "pinpoint" instruction on defense of unintentional temporary possession did not amount to ineffective assistance.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/01/2002
• Published 05/02/2002

Judges

•  CHARLES S. VOGEL, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Sally P. Brajevich, 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, Margaret E. Maxwell, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Theresa A. Cochrane, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.