PEOPLE v. POPE

Docket No. 3560.

168 Cal.App.2d 666 (1959)

336 P.2d 236

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ANDREW EMMETTE POPE, Appellant.

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

March 13, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Henry Gill, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, and Werner D. Meyenberg, for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Peter T. Kennedy, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


PETERS, P.J.

Defendant was convicted of a violation of section 4502 of the Penal Code in that, while an inmate of a state prison, he was in the unlawful possession of a knife.

There can be no doubt that on the date in question, March 20, 1958, defendant was in possession of a knife. The knife was found in his cell. Defendant makes no contention to the contrary. It is his contention that there is no substantial...

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