California Court of Appeal

Conviction for unlawful possession of an assault weapon is affirmed where Penal Code sec. 12280 (b) and (c) prohibiting possession of an assault weapon or .50 caliber BMG rifle does not violate defendant's right to bear arms under the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/02/2009
• Published 06/02/2009

Judges

• SIMS, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Laurie Wilmore, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette and Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorneys General, David A. Rhodes and Michael Dolida, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.