People v. Patterson

Following a trial by jury, appellant was found not guilty of the crime of assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to murder, and guilty of a violation of section 4502 of the Penal Code, possession of a deadly weapon by a prison inmate. A eodefendant, Mullen, who was charged with a like violation of said section 4502, was found not guilty. Patterson alone appeals from his judgment of conviction and from the order of the court denying his motion for a new trial.

A short summary of the evidence (the sufficiency of which is not attacked) shows that for approximately two years prior to the…