Bill Starks
State Researcher
reposting from another forum...
A 19 who had his unloaded guns in his vehicle while headed to target practice, stopped to pick up a friend, somebody saw the gun under his seat and called it in, he gets arrested.
It was originally charged under 9.41.050, but the prosecutor had no case there, so it got amended...
He was arrested on 9.41.240. There was a 9MM H&K handgun under the seat passenger, unloaded. Not in a bag or case. And also a shotgun behind the back seat. Time of day was around 11 AM. Officers get an anonymous call that someone saw it (alledged individual stepped out of the car to speak to a friend, leaving the door open briefly while he stood next to his car, so someone maybe could have seen it- there were other people around.) Officer shows up, asks client to open the door and get out and speak to him, client complies and admits guns are there and was on the way to the range, then of course officer can see it under the seat with the door open.
A 19 who had his unloaded guns in his vehicle while headed to target practice, stopped to pick up a friend, somebody saw the gun under his seat and called it in, he gets arrested.
It was originally charged under 9.41.050, but the prosecutor had no case there, so it got amended...
He was arrested on 9.41.240. There was a 9MM H&K handgun under the seat passenger, unloaded. Not in a bag or case. And also a shotgun behind the back seat. Time of day was around 11 AM. Officers get an anonymous call that someone saw it (alledged individual stepped out of the car to speak to a friend, leaving the door open briefly while he stood next to his car, so someone maybe could have seen it- there were other people around.) Officer shows up, asks client to open the door and get out and speak to him, client complies and admits guns are there and was on the way to the range, then of course officer can see it under the seat with the door open.