PEOPLE v. HARRIS

Docket No. 2653.

98 Cal.App.2d 662 (1950)

220 P.2d 812

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. GRANT E. HARRIS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

July 28, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Garry for Appellant.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn and Wm. M. Bennett, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


PETERS, P.J.

Section 4502 of the Penal Code makes it a felony for any prisoner committed to a state prison to possess, carry upon his person, or have under his custody, among other things, "... any dirk or dagger or sharp instrument ..." Harris was charged with and convicted of a violation of this section in that on March 6, 1949, while an inmate of San Quentin, he unlawfully possessed "a sharp instrument, to-wit: a...

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