IN RE PONCE DE LEON

No. B167727.

13 Cal.Rptr.3d 310 (2004)

117 Cal.App.4th 1116

In re Elvis PONCE DE LEON on Habeas Corpus.

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

As Modified April 21 and May 13, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janice Fukai, Alternate Public Defender, Gerald P. Williams and Jenny Elisabeth Wayland, Deputy Alternate Public Defenders, for Petitioner.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Thien Huong Tran, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


KLEIN, P.J.

A jury convicted Elvis Ponce de Leon of assault on a peace officer and possession of a controlled substance. (Pen.Code, § 245, subd. (c); Health & Saf.Code, § 11350, subd. (a).) In subsequent writ proceedings, the trial court set aside the conviction of possession of a controlled substance when it came to light during the Rampart investigation that the arresting officers may have used excessive force in this case. The trial court declined...

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