People v. Steely

Defendant appeals following jury conviction of possession of a sharp instrument while confined in the state prison at Soledad. (Pen. Code, § 4502.)

A fellow inmate, Rudolph Hardy, testified that on April 9, 1967, he was in the “chow hall” at breakfast time; that he noticed appellant, whom he had never seen before, staring at him; that he asked him if he had a “problem” and appellant replied, “ ‘Yes, you.’ . . . ‘Meet me behind the yard shack’ ”; that after finishing breakfast, he went out behind the yard shack and found appellant waiting there with his hands inside his jacket; that the top two…