People v. Jennings

This appeal is taken from a judgment based upon a jury verdict convicting the appellant of the offense of violating section 4502 of the Penal Code which prohibits possession of a weapon by an inmate of a state prison. Appellant had been committed to the state prison at Folsom for receiving stolen property. On November 24, 1952, and while holding a position as a trusty he was engaged in work without the prison walls. On that day when he had finished work and after changing into prison garb he was admitted through the gate into the prison proper. As he entered the yard a guard noticed an object…