PEOPLE v. CASTILLOLOPEZ

No. S218861.

63 Cal.4th 322 (2016)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. EMMANUEL CASTILLOLOPEZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

June 2, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Mark DiGuiseppe , under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Maureen M. Bodo , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck and Daniel C. Lawson for American Knife & Tool Institute as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Seiler Epstein Ziegler & Applegate and George M. Lee for Knife Rights Foundation, Inc., and Second Amendment Foundation, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette and Gerald A. Engler , Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Steven T. Oetting , Deputy State Solicitor General, Julie L. Garland , Assistant Attorney General, William M. Wood , Meagan J. Beale and Jennifer B. Truong , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

A police officer found a Swiss Army knife in a pocket of defendant Emmanuel Castillolopez's jacket. One of the blades was fully extended. Defendant was convicted of carrying a concealed dirk or dagger in violation of Penal Code section 21310. Penal Code section 16470 defines a "`dirk' or `dagger'" as "a knife...

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