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PEOPLE v. PURTA

Docket No. 6321.

259 Cal.App.2d 71 (1968)

66 Cal. Rptr. 38

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RONALD DWAYNE PURTA, Defendant and Appellant.

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

February 16, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Hallert, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Jerome C. Utz and John F. Henning, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

MOLINARI, P.J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of a sharp instrument while confined at a state prison. (Pen. Code, § 4502.)1 Defendant contends, first, that the court erred in excluding defendant's testimony as to the reasons for his possession of the instrument; and second, that the judge was so biased as to deny defendant his right to a fair ruling on the...

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