Romero v. Superior Court

WAPNER, J. pro tem. *

Policemen who were called by firemen to the scene of a fire in a residential unit of an apartment building seized, among other things, a quantity of dynamite, numerous machine gun parts (later assembled into four machine guns), an automatic pistol equipped with a silencer, and a document described as an “application for rental.” Petitioner was subsequently charged with six criminal offenses, as follows: possession of a machine gun in violation of Penal Code, section 12220 (four counts); possession of a silencer for firearms in violation of Penal Code, section 12520 (one…