Court Opinion

ID: 9633807
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 12:00:52.908402+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:08:42.556151
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WOOD, J., and McCOMB, J., Concurring.
We concur in the order affirming the conviction. The statute under which defendant was convicted provides that “no person not a citizen of the United States of America . . . shall own or have in his possession . . . any pistol ...” Defendant does not present the contention that he is a citizen of the United States, a contention that would be futile in view of the express provision in a federal statute relating to immigration that the Filipinos “shall be considered as if they were aliens.” (48 U. S. C. A., secs. 1002, 1238).
The Supreme Court of California has on several occasions held that section 1983 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which places the burden on a defendant to establish citizenship, does not violate any constitutional provision. (People v. Osaki, 209 Cal. 169 [286 Pac. 1025] ; People v. Bruno, 209 Cal. 782 [286 Pac. 1037]; People v. Guzman, 209 Cal. 783 [286 Pac. 1037].)
Appellant's petition for a hearing by the Supreme Court was denied March 27, 1942. Houser, J., Carter, J., and Traynor, J., voted for a hearing.