IN RE S.C.

A123371

In re S.C., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. S.C., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One

Filed November 23, 2009


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita L. Swenor, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney General, Martin S. Kaye and Michael E. Banister, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


MARGULIES, J.

Appellant S.C. was found to be a ward of the court after police discovered a switchblade knife in his pocket during a search conducted at a private residence. Appellant contends he did not violate Penal Code section 653k (hereafter section 653k), the statute governing possession of a switchblade, because he was not in a "public place or place open to the public" at the time the knife was found. Construing the language of section 653k, we conclude the...

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