Brown

During the course of a jury trial on various drug offenses and weapons charges, Dwayne Brown stipulated to having previously been convicted of a felony for the possession or purchase for sale of a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11351). Subsequently, the jury convicted him of transporting and possessing cocaine and methamphetamine (meth) for sale (§§ 11351; 11352; 11377, subd. (a); 11378), of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm (Pen. Code, § 12021), of carrying a loaded and concealed firearm without a license (Pen. Code, §§ 12301, subd. (a); 12025, subd. (a)), and of giving false identification to a peace officer (Pen. Code, § 148.9, subd. (a)). The jurors also found true allegations Brown possessed and carried at least 28.5 grams of cocaine in connection with the drug offenses (Pen. Code, § 1203.073, subd. (b)(1)). Due to his earlier stipulation, the trial court found a special three-year drug enhancement allegation true. (§ 11370.2, subd. (b).)

After the court denied Brown’s motions for new trial and for reduction of his offenses, it sentenced him to a total seven-year, eight-month prison term. He has timely appealed from the judgment of…