PEOPLE v. CHACON

No. S125236.

53 Cal.Rptr.3d 876 (2007)

40 Cal.4th 558

150 P.3d 755

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Maria Socorro CHACON, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

February 8, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve Cooley, District Attorney, George M. Palmer, Head Deputy District Attorney, Patrick D. Moran, Brent Riggs, Brentford J. Ferreira and Phyllis C. Asayama, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Nasatir, Hirsch, Podberesky & Genego, Michael D. Nasatir, Santa Monica, Tariq A. Khero; and John L. Ryan, for Defendant and Respondent.

Michael P. Judge, Public Defender (Los Angeles) and John Hamilton Scott, Deputy Public Defender, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


CORRIGAN, J.

Maria Chacon was charged with violating Government Code section 1090 by holding a financial interest in a contract made by the public agency of which she was a member.1 The trial court ruled in limine that defendant could assert the defense of entrapment by estoppel. As a result, the People announced they could not proceed and the court dismissed the case under Penal Code section...

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