State v. Shaw

CRIST, Judge.

Appeal from a jury conviction of carrying a concealed weapon. Defendant was sentenced to five years imprisonment. We affirm.

Defendant asserts State failed to make a submissible case. Section 571.115, RSMo 1978 (repealed 1981) states one is guilty of the crime of carrying a concealed weapon if one carries, concealed, upon or about his person, a dangerous or deadly weapon of any kind or description.

“A prima facie case [of carrying a concealed weapon] is made when the State’s evidence or reasonable inferences therefrom demonstrate a) the carrying of a dangerous or deadly weapon, b)…