People v. Law

Opinion

NICHOLSON, Acting P. J.

In People v. Monjaras (2008) 164 Cal.App.4th 1432 [79 Cal.Rptr.3d 926] (Monjaras), this court addressed an oft-raised attack on the sufficiency of the evidence when the prosecution relied on circumstantial evidence to prove that a defendant used a firearm to commit a criminal offense. Noting that circumstantial evidence suffices to establish the *979sentence enhancement imposed by Penal Code section 12022.53, subdivision (b),1 we conclusively rejected the contention and published our opinion “to say in no uncertain terms that a moribund claim like that raised by…