People v. Leedy CA3

BACKGROUND

While conducting surveillance, an officer saw Leedy leave an apartment with a duffel bag and a cooler. Leedy walked to a nearby car, placed the duffel bag and cooler in the trunk, and got in the passenger seat. Officers stopped the car shortly after and conducted a search. On searching the cooler in the trunk, officers found four large bags of cannabis. On searching the duffel bag in the trunk, they found, among other things, an AR-15 style rifle, a high-capacity magazine holding over 10 rounds, a Glock-style pistol, additional rounds of ammunition, MDMA, and OxyContin pills. Following the filing of charges against Leedy, a jury found Leedy guilty of two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm (Pen. Code,1 § 29800, subd. (a)), three counts of possessing a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 11350, 11377), and one count each of possessing an assault weapon (§ 30605, subd. (a)), unlawfully possessing ammunition (§ 30305, subd. (a)(1)), receiving a large-capacity magazine (§ 32310, subd. (a)), possessing a controlled substance for sale (Health & Saf. Code, § 11378), and transporting cannabis for sale (id., § 11360, subd. (a)(2)). The jury also found…