California Court of Appeal

Sustaining of petition alleging that defendant possessed marijuana for sale, and alleging nine prior sustained offenses, is affirmed over claims that: 1) counsel was ineffective for failing to move to suppress evidence discovered incident to his arrest where the arresting officer violated the knock-and-announce rule; 2) the juvenile court erred in committing defendant to the California Youth Authority; and 3) the court failed to exercise its discretion in setting the maximum term of confinement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/21/2006
• Published 08/22/2006

Judges

• GEMELLO, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Martin S. Kaye, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Michael E. Banister, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent., Rachel Lederman, for Defendant and Appellant.