California Courts of Appeal
Dec. 19, 2009
Panel Ends Ban on Bullet-Proof Vests
A divided state Court of Appeal said the Thursday the Legislature's definition of body armor was too complex to be understood by the average person.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A divided state appellate panel invalidated a law Thursday designed to keep bullet-proof vests out of the hands of violent felons.
The state Legislature's definition of body armor was too complex to be understood by the average person, said 2nd District Court of Appeal Presiding Justice Joan Dempsey Klein, who with Justice H. Walter Croskey voted to nullify the law. People v. Sal...
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