People v. Correa

WERDEGAR, J., Concurring.

In February 2006, police found defendant, a felon, in simultaneous possession of seven firearms. At that time, as now, it was illegal for a felon to possess a firearm. (Pen. Code,1 former § 12021, subd. (a)(1), now see § 29800, subd. (a)(1), added by Stats. 2010, ch. 711, § 6.) Defendant was convicted of seven separate counts of violating former section 12021, one conviction for each prohibited weapon. That he could be convicted of seven separate crimes on these facts is clear from the statutory scheme. (Former § 12001, subd. (k), now see § 23510.) Whether he could be…