People v. Witherow

Opinion

ELKINGTON, J.

We have consolidated defendant Witherow’s appeal from a judgment, based upon his plea of guilty to a charge of possessing a concealable firearm by one who had previously been convicted of a felony (Pen. Code, § 12021), with his related initial and supplemental applications for a writ of habeas corpus.

For reasons we now state we affirm the judgment and deny the habeas corpus application.

The Appeal

It is first contended that: “The trial court committed reversible error in sentencing appellant without stating its reasons for imposing the upper term.”

As further argued by…