Legal Opinion
People v. Shira
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 30, 1976No. Crim. 28561PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HANSON, J.
The Case
The nine consolidated cases at bench, emanating from the Long Beach Municipal Court, involve the legality of the game called RINGO. The case comes up on appeal from a final judgment of conviction for operating an illegal lottery as defined in Penal Code section 319 1 (hereinafter section 319).
The five (5) named defiendants/appellants Charles Ray Shira, Vickie L. Dickinson, Ben Timothy Planchard, Glenn Everett Thompson, and Edward Hagen (hereinafter defendants) were convicted, following a jury trial, of violation of either Penal Code section 320 2 (contriving,…
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