California Court of Appeal

Conviction and sentence for carrying a concealed firearm and carrying a loaded firearm in a public place are affirmed where: 1) the conviction for possession of a concealed weapon did not contravene defendant's Second Amendment rights as interpreted by recent Supreme Court precedent; 2) the court properly instructed the jury on carrying a loaded firearm in a public place; and 3) no prejudicial sentencing error occurred.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/17/2008
• Published 12/17/2008

Judges

• SWAGER, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Marylou Hillberg, Sebastopol, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Martin S. Kaye, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Laurence K. Sullivan, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.