523 So. 2d 1270 - Cope v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
September 1999
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 403 So. 2d 349 - Ensor v. State · 20 Ohio App. 2d 170 - State v. Pettit · Shipley v. State · Kennedy v. State · The People v. Euctice
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“Id. at 354 . We explained that [t]he critical question turns on whether an individual, standing near a person with a firearm or beside a vehicle in which a person with a firearm is seated, may by ordinary observation know the questioned object to be a firearm. The ultimate decision must rest upon the trier of fact under the circumstances of each case. Id. at 355 . Unfortunately, this broad statement suggests that the trier of fact must always answer the question of whether a weapon is”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“carried on or about a person in such a manner as to conceal the firearm from the ordinary sight of another person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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