Legal Opinion
People v. Brown
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 25, 2014No. C066262PublishedCited by 5 opinions
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1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MURRAY, J.
Defendant Kenneth Wesley Brown was convicted of possession of a “short-barreled shotgun” under Penal Code former section 12020. (Stats. 2008, ch. 699, § 18, p. 4834.) Defendant had been found in possession of the weapon in his home. California’s statutory definition of “short-barreled shotgun” includes a shotgun with a barrel less than 18 inches long or with an overall length of less than 26 inches, regardless of the length of the barrel. The barrel of defendant’s shotgun was one-quarter inch longer than the minimum length of 18 inches, but the overall length was 25 and…
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