Minder
People v. Minder
Opinion
Opinion
BAMATTRE-MANOUKIAN, J.
After court trial, defendant Solomon Stanley Minder was convicted of two felony counts of unlawfully possessing firearms after a prior conviction of brandishing a firearm (counts 1 and 4; Pen. Code, § 12021, subd. (c)) and one misdemeanor count (3) of brandishing a firearm in a rude, angry, and threatening manner (§417). He was acquitted of the felony of discharging a firearm in a grossly negligent manner which could result in injury or death (count 2; § 246.3).
The trial court suspended imposition of sentence, as requested by the prosecutor, and placed defendant on three years’ probation, including the following conditions: six months in jail, no contact with various individuals, no possession of firearms, violence counseling, subject to search, and destruction of his firearms.
On appeal defendant claims that each of two errors requires us to reverse the judgment. For the reasons stated below, we will affirm the judgment because the trial court properly denied defendant’s motion to suppress. The search warrant, interpreted in a commonsense manner, authorized the search of the safe located outside the defendant’s residence. Further, defendant…