Legal Opinion

People v. Shah

California Court of Appeal

Decided May 9, 1949No. Crim. 2566PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWard, J.

Defendant appeals from a conviction of a felony : violating section 1, chapter 339, Statutes of 1923 (1 Deering’s Gen. Laws, Act 1970). The information charged the defendant with carrying, concealed upon his person, a certain dirk or dagger.

On appeal it is urged that the evidence is insufficient to justify a conviction; that the district attorney was guilty of misconduct; that the court failed to give certain instructions and erroneously left to the jury certain legal definitions; and that “the portion of the judgment imposing a fine in addition to a jail sentence, after probation has been…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Doble v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1925
  2. People v. RuizCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1928
  3. Bivens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. People v. BainCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
  2. Kirkwood v. SimpsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
  3. People v. ForrestCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
  4. People v. CastillolopezCalifornia Supreme Court · 2016
  5. People v. ClarkCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1992

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