PEOPLE v. NELUMS

Docket No. Crim. 22214.

31 Cal.3d 355 (1982)

644 P.2d 201

182 Cal. Rptr. 515

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ROGER NELUMS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

May 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James D. Skow, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, Eddie T. Keller and Janice Rogers Brown, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

Is a person "armed with a firearm" when the weapon is inoperable? We hold that he is for purposes of sentencing enhancement.

Defendant Roger Nelums appeals from a judgment of conviction following his plea of guilty to three counts of robbery. (Pen. Code, § 211; further statutory references are to this code.) The trial court found that he was armed with...

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