PEOPLE v. RISTAU

No. H025445.

20 Cal.Rptr.3d 864 (2004)

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Steven Allan RISTAU, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

Review Granted February 23, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Singman, Oakland, Jill M. Bojarski, Tustin, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Steven Allan Ristau.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Eric D. Share, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Dorian Jung, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent The People.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

RUSHING, P.J.

After being indicted for various securities and tax violations, defendant Steven Allan Ristau was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to state prison. On appeal he contends, among other things, that the trial court committed instructional error by failing to tell the jury that scienter is an element of the offense of selling unregistered securities, by refusing to instruct on mistake...

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