People v. Salgado CA4/3

INTRODUCTION

Defendant Juan Salgado appeals from the judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of one count of firearm possession by a felon and two counts of possession for sale of a controlled substance. The jury also found Salgado was personally armed when he committed one of the possession for sale of a controlled substance offenses within the meaning of former section 12022, subdivision (c) of the Penal Code. (All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified.) Salgado admitted several prior conviction enhancement allegations. We affirm. For the reasons we explain post, sufficient evidence supported Salgado’s conviction for firearm possession by a felon and, under People v. Bland (1995) 10 Cal.4th 991 (Bland), the jury’s true finding on the enhancement allegation Salgado was personally armed when he committed one of the possession for sale of a controlled substance offenses.

FACTS

Salgado stipulated that on May 5, 2006, he was convicted of felony possession for sale of a controlled substance in violation of Health and Safety Code section 11378. On April 26, 2011, Detective Brian Jones of the Huntington Beach Police Department conducted…