PEOPLE v. SNYDER

Docket No. Crim. 22293.

32 Cal.3d 590 (1982)

652 P.2d 42

186 Cal. Rptr. 485

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NEVA B. SNYDER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

October 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Harry D. Roth, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, and Harvey R. Zall, Deputy State Public Defender, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, Robert D. Marshall, Gary A. Binkerd and Christine M. Diemer, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

Defendant Neva Snyder appeals from a judgment convicting her of possession of a concealable firearm by a convicted felon (Pen. Code, § 12021), based upon her 1973 conviction for sale of marijuana, a felony (former Health & Saf. Code, § 11531). Defendant contends that the trial court erred in excluding evidence of her mistaken belief that her prior conviction was only a misdemeanor. We will conclude...

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