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People v. Wade

Citations

  • 63 Cal. 4th 137
  • 369 P.3d 546
  • 201 Cal. Rptr. 3d 876
  • 2016 Cal. LEXIS 2563

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a person who carried a gun in his backpack carried the gun “on” his person, and also observing that “the phrase ‘on or about’ is broader than ‘on,’ and certainly a firearm in a backpack the person is wearing is on or about the person”
  • “The statements of an 11 individual legislator, including the author of a bill, are generally not considered in construing a 12 statute, as the court’s task is to ascertain the intent of the Legislature as a whole in adopting a 13 piece of legislation.”

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Judges: Chin, Cantil-Sakauye, Werdegar, Corrigan, Liu, Cuéllar, Kruger

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