Legal Opinion
People v. Pratt
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 27, 1938No. Crim. 1627PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
The defendant, who is an Indian formerly residing on the Hoopa Reservation in Humboldt County, was convicted of the offense of having possession of metal knuckles contrary to the provisions of an act regulating the use and custody of deadly weapons. (Stats. 1923, p. 695; 1 Deering’s Gen. Laws of 1931, p. 900, Act 1970, sec. 1.) The offense was committed on the Hoopa Reservation. The defendant was sentenced to state prison at Folsom for the indeterminate term prescribed by law. From that judgment and from the order denying a new trial this appeal was perfected.
The defendant contends the state…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. McBratneySupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- State v. Big SheepMontana Supreme Court · 1926
- Ex Parte NowabbiCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1936
- Apapas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by4 opinions
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