PEOPLE v. LEDESMA

Docket No. S054240.

16 Cal.4th 90 (1997)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LOUIS LEDESMA, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

William M. Robinson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher W. Grove, Stan M. Helfman and Peggy S. Ruffra, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Paul J. Pfingst, District Attorney (San Diego), Thomas F. McArdle and Edward J. Mantyla, Deputy District Attorneys, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BROWN, J.

Is imposition of a sentencing enhancement for personal use of a firearm discretionary or mandatory when the underlying offense is assault with a firearm? (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(2).)1 If discretionary, as the Court of Appeal held in People v. Campbell (1995) 40 Cal.App.4th 1666

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