Legal Opinion
People v. Owens
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 26, 1997No. B109675PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
YEGAN, J.
Amby Gary Owens entered a no contest plea to a felony charge of operating an endless chain scheme. (Pen. Code, § 327.) In the exercise of its sound discretion, the trial court declared the conviction to be a misdemeanor. (Pen. Code, § 17, subd. (b).) He appeals contending that he was the subject of an invidious discrimination because the prosecutor’s decision to charge him with a felony was motivated solely by his status as a Los Angeles police officer. We reject this contention.
On July 13, 1995, appellant and approximately 70 other people attended a recruiting meeting for a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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