California Court of Appeal

Conviction for felony possession of cocaine is affirmed over claims of error that: 1) because defendant did not serve a prison sentence, his offense could not be considered a felony; and 2) application of Penal Code section 1210.1, subdivision (e)(2) and (3) denied defendant equal protection of the law..

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/22/2009
• Published 01/22/2009

Judges

• COFFEE, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James S. Lochead, Pasadena, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr., Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Eric J. Kohm, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.