People v. Quintus W.

Opinion

HASTINGS, J.

Quintus W. appeals from a juvenile order of wardship (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602) upon a finding that he was guilty of carrying upon his person a dirk or dagger in violation of Penal Code section 12020, subdivision (a), a misdemeanor. The court ordered that appellant may not be held in physical confinement for a period to exceed one year and that he was to be placed on home probation in his mother’s home. He appeals, contending (1) that the kitchen knife found on his person was not a “dirk or dagger” within the meaning of Penal Code section 12020; (2) that his extrajudicial…