Elza v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Elza v. Commonwealth

269 S.W.2d 275, 1954 Ky. LEXIS 995

CourtCourt of Appeals of Kentucky

DecidedJune 23, 1954

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Elza v. Commonwealth, 269 S.W.2d 275, 1954 Ky. LEXIS 995 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954).

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Opinion

■ 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 [276]*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.

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