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PEOPLE v. MERCER

Docket No. BR 34720.

42 Cal.App.4th Supp. 1 (1995)

49 Cal. Rptr.2d 728

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES EDWARD MERCER, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Appellate Department, Superior Court, Los Angeles.

December 19, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Freddie Fletcher for Defendant and Appellant.

Gil Garcetti, District Attorney, Diana L. Summerhayes and Dirk L. Hudson, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

WATAI, J.

Appellant was convicted of violating Penal Code1 section 12020, subdivision (a) (possessing an instrument or weapon of the kind commonly known as a billy). On appeal, appellant contends as follows:

1. The trial court erroneously found that section 12020, subdivision (a) outlawed the possession of a baton.

2. Section 12020, subdivision (a) is unconstitutionally vague.<...

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