People v. Williams

28 Cal.Rptr.3d 29 (2005)

35 Cal.4th 817

110 P.3d 1239

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

Willis WILLIAMS, Defendant and Respondent.

No. S114184.

Supreme Court of California.

May 16, 2005.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 2005.[*]

Tony Rackauckas, District Attorney, and Brian F. Fitzpatrick, Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Diane Nichols, under appointment by the Supreme Court, San Diego, for Defendant and Respondent.

MORENO, J.

Defendant was charged with two offenses that could be prosecuted as either felonies or misdemeanors. Such alternate felony-misdemeanor offenses are commonly…