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PEOPLE v. VALENCIA

Docket No. A043961.

214 Cal.App.3d 1410 (1989)

263 Cal. Rptr. 301

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DENISE VALENCIA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

October 24, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Pasternak & Razo and R. Bruce Finch for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Richard B. Iglehart, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sugiyama, Assistant Attorney General, Stan M. Helfman and Martin S. Kaye, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

POCHE, J.

A jury found Denise Valencia guilty of possessing a sawed-off shotgun in violation of Penal Code section 12020, subdivision (a). Her sole contention on appeal is that the prosecution failed to prove that she knew the object was a sawed-off shotgun. We conclude that the prosecution was not required to prove such knowledge. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment.

FACTS

Detective Thomas Leary testified...

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