Does former section 12021 of the California Criminal Code prohibit a convicted felon from possessing a firearm?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gonzalez, C068273, C069071 (Cal. App. 2014):
Former section 12021 forbids a person convicted of a felony from possessing a firearm. (Former 12021, subd. (a)(1) [now 29800, subd. (a)(1) (Stats. 2010, ch. 711, 6].) Whether a violation of former section 12021 " ' "constitutes a divisible transaction from the offense in which [a defendant] employs the weapon depends upon the facts and evidence of each individual case." ' " (People v. Jones (2002) 103 Cal.App.4th 1139, 1143 (Jones I).)
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