Golden West Baseball Co. v. City of Anaheim

Christine Mitchell appeals her conviction for possessing over $100,000 obtained from drug sales and conspiracy to commit that crime, contending: (1) Health and Safety Code section 11370.6 is unconstitutional; (2) the trial court erred by failing to grant her motion to dismiss at the end of the prosecutions case; (3) section 11370.6 and CALJIC No. 12.37 unconstitutionally affect the burden of proof; (4) the trial court committed numerous instructional errors; (5) her statements to the police should have been suppressed on Miranda grounds; (6) her trial counsel was incompetent for allowing her statements to come into evidence without proof of the corpus delecti; (7) the trial court prejudicially denied her the right to discharge her counsel after trial but before sentencing; (8) the trial court erroneously denied her motion to suppress evidence; and (9) the trial court erroneously denied her motion to disclose the identity of a confidential informant. We affirm.