PEOPLE v. GUITON

Docket No. S026003.

4 Cal.4th 1116 (1993)

847 P.2d 45

17 Cal. Rptr.2d 365

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RONALD GUITON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

March 18, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Kathleen Bryan, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Fern M. Laethem, State Public Defender, and Philip M. Brooks, Deputy State Public Defender, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Harley D. Mayfield and Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorneys General, Janelle B. Davis, Yvonne H. Behart, Frederick R. Millar, Jr., Robert M. Foster and Pamela A. Ratner, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

ARABIAN, J.

After hearing the evidence, the jury in this case was allowed to convict defendant, Ronald Guiton, of a felony if it found he either sold or transported cocaine on the occasion in question. There was insufficient evidence to support a finding that he sold cocaine. Because of this deficiency, the Court of Appeal reversed the conviction. We are asked to decide whether the reversal was proper where sufficient evidence...

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