The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
Matthew Paul LaCROSS, Defendant and Appellant.
Court of Appeals of California, Third District.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 1, 2001.
August 1, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas M. Singman, Oakland, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Carlos A. Martinez, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Daniel Bernstein, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Court of Appeals of California, Third District.
CALLAHAN, J.
Health and Safety Code section 11379, subdivision (a),1 provides: "[E]very person who transports ... any controlled substance ... shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison...." A jury convicted defendant Matthew Paul LaCross of two counts of violating this statute. Defendant contends he did not "transport" methamphetamine because he used his bicycle to carry it. Section 11379 was designed to prohibit the trafficking...
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