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Elza v. CommonwealthElza v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Jun 23, 1954
Reporters:
,
Before:
Sims
■ SIMS,- Chief Justice.

Chester Elza has appealed from ‍​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍a judgment sentencing him to two years in the state reformatory for carrying concealed a deadly ‍​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍weapon. KRS 435.230.

: It is established by the evidence that the weapon in question was being carried ‍​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍In *276the glove compartment of defendant’s automobile.

We held in Williams v. Commonwealth, Ky., 261 S.W.2d 807, that it ‍​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍is not a violation of KRS 435.230 to carry a weapon in the glove compartment of an automobile. ‍​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‍That case is controlling here.

The judgment is reversed.

Case Details

Case Name: Elza v. Commonwealth
Court Name: Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Date Published: Jun 23, 1954
Citations: 269 S.W.2d 275; 1954 Ky. LEXIS 995
Court Abbreviation: Ky. Ct. App.
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