Is unlawful possession of a firearm a continuing crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. CASEY, D055089, No. SCD214795 (Cal. App. 2010):
Warren thus stands for the proposition that if the unlawful possession of a firearm continues beyond one day, and the statute proscribing the possession does not provide that each day of possession is punishable as a separate offense, the continuing possession constitutes but one offense. (See also People v. Bland (1995) 10 Cal.4th 991, 999 [possession of a controlled substance is "a 'continuing' offense, one that extends through time"].)
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