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PEOPLE v. LA GRANDE

Docket No. 19402.

98 Cal.App.3d 871 (1979)

159 Cal. Rptr. 709

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. THEODIS J. La GRANDE, Defendant and Respondent.

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

October 23, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, Gloria F. DeHart, Laurence K. Sullivan, and Richard W. Power, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Peter R. Silten and Richard S. Kessler, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

SCOTT, J.

The People appeal from dismissal of the information after the granting of respondent's motion made pursuant to Penal Code section 995. The issue is whether an awl is not a dirk or a dagger as a matter of law.

Respondent was charged with a violation of Penal Code section 12020, carrying a dirk or a dagger concealed upon his person. Respondent was arrested after being discovered asleep or unconscious on a bus...

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