Supreme Court of California

Under the Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989, a superior court does not have the authority to declare a rifle to be an "AK series" assault weapon when the Attorney General has neither identified it as such in the Identification Guide nor included it in the list of assault weapons distributed to law enforcement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/28/2001
• Published 06/28/2001

Judges

• BROWN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  John S. Dulcich, Delano, for Plaintiff and Appellant.,  Donald Kilmer, San Jose;  Trutanich Michel, C.D. Michel, San Pedro;  Benenson & Kates and Don B. Kates, San Pedro, for the National Rifle Association of America as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Denis A. Eymil, County Counsel and William James Murphy, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents., Morrison & Foerster, James P. Bennett, Barry R. Himmelstein, San Francisco;  Dennis Henigan and Brian J. Siebel, for Center to Prevent Handgun Violence, California Police Chiefs' Association, California State Sheriffs' Association, California Peace Officers' Association and City and County of San Francisco as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.