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PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

Docket No. 15772.

72 Cal.App.3d 1 (1977)

139 Cal. Rptr. 800

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOHN W. THOMPSON, Defendant and Appellant.

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

July 27, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Kenneth F. Coho, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, Timothy A. Reardon and Margaret D. Geib, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

SCOTT, Acting P.J.

On appeal from a judgment of conviction for violation of section 12021 of the Penal Code (possession of a concealable firearm by a person who has been convicted of a felony), appellant contends that the conviction cannot stand because the People failed to prove that the gun was operable, and because there was insufficient evidence to prove that he possessed it.

Subdivision (a) of section 12021 provides...

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