People v. Wells

The defendant has appealed from a judgment rendered pursuant to the verdict of a jury, convicting him of the crime of unlawful possession of, and carrying on his person, a sharp instrument, to wit, a knife, while he was a prisoner in Folsom State Prison, contrary to the provisions of section 4502 of the Penal Code. He also gave written notice of an appeal from “the court’s order denying a motion for a new trial.” No motion for new trial was presented to the trial court, and we shall therefore disregard that portion of the notice of appeal.

The defendant was represented at the trial by an…