California Court of Appeal June 2, 2009, C057995 (People v. James)

Opinion

SIMS, J.

In this case, we hold that possession of an assault weapon in California remains unlawful and is not protected by the Second Amendment to the federal Constitution as construed by the United States Supreme Court in

District of Columbia

v.

Heller

(2008) 554 U.S. _ [171 L.Ed.2d 657, 128 S.Ct. 2783]

(Heller).