People v. Kahanic
California Court of Appeal
241 Cal. Rptr. 722 (1987)
Relevant factsFree
After following her husband, who had driven their jointly owned community-property Mercedes to another woman's home, Kahanic (defendant) threw a bottle through the car's back window; she was convicted of vandalism, and appealed, arguing she could not be found to have vandalized property that was legally her own.
IssueFree
Whether a criminal vandalism statute penalizing damage to property "not one's own" applies to a person who damages property she jointly owns with her spouse as community property.