PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

No. G031061.

18 Cal.Rptr.3d 220 (2004)

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Shaun Eric WRIGHT, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

Review Granted December 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen J. Shanahan, Pacific Palisades, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Pamela A. Ratner Sobeck and Erika Hiramatsu, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BEDSWORTH, J.

Shaun Eric Wright was charged with transporting marijuana and possessing it for sale, as well as driving with a suspended license. After pleading guilty to the latter charge, he was convicted of the drug charges and sentenced to a year in jail. Wright contends he did not get a fair trial because the court precluded him from relying on the compassionate use defense. We agree and reverse his convictions on the drug counts. In all other...

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