PEOPLE v. RIZO

No. S077785.

94 Cal.Rptr.2d 375 (2000)

22 Cal.4th 681

996 P.2d 27

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Jose RIZO et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

April 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan B. Steiner and Florence R.H. Popper, under appointments by the Supreme Court, and Patricia Nelson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant Jose Rizo.

Catherine Campbell, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Fresno, for Defendant and Appellant Jose T. Macias.

Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson and David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka and Wendy Chase Arenson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


BROWN, J.

In 1994, California voters adopted Proposition 187 in an effort to address the problem of illegal immigration. Section 113 of the Penal Code1—one of the provisions of Proposition 187—provides that "[a]ny person who manufactures, distributes or sells false documents to conceal the true citizenship or resident alien status of another person is guilty of a felony, and...

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