PEOPLE v. ROMERO

Docket No. F004289.

167 Cal.App.3d 1148 (1985)

213 Cal. Rptr. 774

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CONSUELO GOMEZ ROMERO, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

May 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Mark D. Greenberg, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Joel Carey and Esteban Hernandez, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

WOOLPERT, Acting P.J.

Sixty years ago "Mrs. Floyd Magoni" was convicted of two sales of jackass brandy. She was sentenced to serve jail time and fined $2,000. She appealed, claiming the fine to be excessive. The trial court gave no reason for the fine which was the maximum amount allowed by law. (People v. Magoni (1925) 73 Cal.App. 78.) The appellate court affirmed, concluding the fine imposed in the superior...

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