A statute that prohibits a prison inmate from possessing any “sharp instrument” is not void for vagueness, Div. Six of this district’s Court of Appeal held yesterday. “A prisoner who has a 14-inch by 1-inch hard non-flexible piece of plastic, sharpened to a point, is a danger to other prisoners and prison officials,” Justice Kenneth Yegan wrote. “This is a lethal weapon.”

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Presiding Justice Kathleen E. O’Leary of the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three will retire on July 31, 2025, after serving nearly 44 years as a distinguished member of the California judiciary.

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