People V. Montoya - In the Supreme Court of California

People V. Montoya

By In the Supreme Court of California

  • Release Date: 2004-08-09
  • Genre: Law

Description

California law prohibits convicting a defendant of two offenses arising from a single criminal act when one is a lesser offense necessarily included in the other. Here, the Court of Appeal held that unlawful taking of a vehicle (Veh. Code, § 10851) is not a lesser included offense of carjacking (Pen. Code, § 215)*fn1 and affirmed defendant's convictions of both offenses. We agree.

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