Supreme Court of California

A conviction for unlawful taking of a vehicle and possession of burglary tools is affirmed over claims of error regarding the trial court's failure to instruct the jury sua sponte that recent possession of stolen property alone is insufficient to establish defendant's guilt of theft-related offenses.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/05/2008
• Published 06/05/2008

Judges

• BAXTER, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Laura G. Schaefer, under appointment by the Supreme Court, San Diego, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson and Mary Jo Graves, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Raquel M. Gonzalez, Steve Oetting and Lynne G. McGinnis, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.