PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. F062575.

218 Cal.App.4th 1038 (2013)

160 Cal. Rptr. 3d 779

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DANNY VICTOR WILLIAMS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

August 8, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nuttall Coleman & Wilson, Law Office of Roger D. Wilson and Roger D. Wilson for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell , Assistant Attorney General, Julie A. Hokans and John A. Bachman , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

GOMES, J.

Section 386 of the Penal Code proscribes the unlawful construction or maintenance of a fire protection system in a manner which threatens the safety of any occupant or user of a structure in the event of a fire. Since no reported case has ever addressed this crime, we must interpret the statute as a matter of first impression. Our opinion holds that Penal Code section 386 requires proof of the defendant's specific...

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