Under what circumstances will a jury award a conviction for possession of a firearm under the Mental Health Act?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Covarrubias, B250029 (Cal. App. 2014):
over the gun hidden in the car. (People v. Hernandez, supra, 217 Cal.App.4th 559, 574.) The presentation of these separate defenses "'gave the jury a rational basis to distinguish between the various acts'" and raised the possibility that some jurors might have based the conviction on the first act and others on the second. (Id. at p. 578.)
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