P. v. Covarrubias 12/20/11 CA4/1

State: California

Court: California Eastern District Court

Docket No: D058298

Case Date: 12/20/2011

Plaintiff: P.

Defendant: Covarrubias 12/20/11 CA4/1

Preview:Filed 12/20/11

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FELICIANO COVARRUBIAS, Defendant and Appellant.

D058298

(Super. Ct. No. SCS238593)

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, William C. Gentry, Jr., Judge. Affirmed. John L. Staley, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, James Dutton and Emily Rebekkah Hanks, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

I. INTRODUCTION Authorities at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, at the border between Mexico and the United States, discovered approximately 193 pounds of marijuana hidden in a truck that Feliciano Covarrubias was driving. A jury found Covarrubias guilty of possession of marijuana for sale (Health & Saf. Code,

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