California Court of Appeal

Sentence for conviction of transporting and possessing heroin and methamphetamine and related charges is affirmed over claims of: 1) insufficient evidence for conviction for concealing evidence; 2) the court erred in instructing on concealing evidence; 3) ineffective assistance of counsel; 4) the court erred in finding defendant's conviction for concealing evidence rendered him ineligible for Proposition 36 treatment; and 5) the court abused its discretion in denying defendant's motion to dismiss under Penal Code section 1385.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/06/2006
• Published 06/06/2006

Judges

• RAYE, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Valerie G. Wass, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Carlos A. Martinez, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Mathew Chan, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.