In what circumstances will a defendant be charged with possessing a deadly weapon in jail?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mendoza, F064729 (Cal. App. 2013):
Likewise in Savedra, the defendant was charged with possessing a deadly weapon in jail. (People v. Savedra, supra, 15 Cal.App.4th at p. 740.) The jury was instructed that a deadly weapon was "any weapon, instrument or object that is likely to inflict great bodily injury or death." (Id. at p. 742.) The jury was further instructed that "[e]vidence of harmless use may be considered if it bears on the likelihood that an item will cause
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