PEOPLE v. FORREST

Docket No. Crim. 11199.

67 Cal.2d 478 (1967)

432 P.2d 374

62 Cal. Rptr. 766

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FRANK EUGENE FORREST, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary C. Britton, Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Robert R. Granucci and Don Jacobson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


PETERS, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment granting him probation after conviction for carrying a concealed "dirk or dagger" in violation of section 12020 of the Penal Code, which makes the offense a felony. The sole question involved is whether the weapon defendant was carrying, an oversized pocketknife, is a "dirk or dagger" within the meaning of that code section. We have concluded that it was not, and for that reason the judgment must be reversed.

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