P. v. Padilla
Filed 4/25/06 P. v. Padilla CA2/4
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION FOUR
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RAUL PADILLA, JR., Defendant and Appellant. | B183111 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA267566) |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Ronald S. Coen, Judge. Affirmed.
Jennifer L. Peabody, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth N. Sokoler and Robert M. Snider, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Appellant Raul Padilla, Jr., challenges his conviction for possession of a weapon in jail. He contends that the trial court should have excluded a statement he made without receiving warnings pursuant to Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 384 U.S. 436 (Miranda). Finding no error, we affirm the judgment.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY
During a search of a jail dormitory housing approximately 66 inmates, Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Jeff Stosic found a shank (a five and one-half inch plastic toothbrush, sharpened to a point) in bunk 17-B. Custody Assistant Craig Castellanos checked a computerized inventory and learned that appellant was assigned to bunk 17-B. Castellanos then went to the dayroom where the inmates were being held during the search and asked who was assigned to bunk 17-B. Appellant said, â€