People v. Wasley

A jury found defendant guilty of possession of a sawed-off shotgun (Pen. Code, § 12020) and of being a convicted felon in possession of a concealable firearm (Pen. Code, § 12021). He was sentenced to concurrent prison terms on the two counts, and appeals.

At about 2 a.m. on a March day in 1965, appellant was a passenger in a car driven by one Crane. Officers in a patrol ear saw the vehicle go through a red light, saw that its rear license plate was affixed by but one bolt, and had no 1964 or 1965 tab. They stopped the ear. The front license plate was missing. Crane produced a driver’s license…