California Court of Appeal

PEOPLE v. MEHAISIN, C037300

Defendant, charged with withholding his children from their lawful custodian, was not entitled to the necessity defense under Penal Code section 278.7.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/04/2002
• Published 09/04/2002

Judges

• CALLAHAN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Michael B. McPartland, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Petaluma, for Defendant and Appellant.,  Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jo Graves, Senior Assistant Attorney General, J. Robert Jibson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Janine R. Busch, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.