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269 S.W.2d 275

Elza v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided June 23, 1954

Court of Appeals of Kentucky · decided 1954-06-23

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently November 1971

1 state decisions

Relies on Williams v. Commonwealth

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Decided 1954-06-23

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■ SIMS,- Chief Justice.

¶1Chester Elza has appealed from a judgment sentencing him to two years in the state reformatory for carrying concealed a deadly weapon. KRS 435.230.

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

¶3We 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.

¶4The judgment is reversed.

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