Robertson v. State

On Petition to Transfer

DICKSON, Justice.

The defendant, Jimmy Robertson, was convicted in a bench trial of carrying a handgun without a license as a class A misdemeanor 1 for the possession of a weapon in the common hall outside the door to his apartment. Considering the area immediately outside a person's apartment to be part of his dwelling, and that it is thus permissible to possess an unlicensed handgun in this area, the Court of Appeals reversed. Robertson v. State, 740 N.E.2d 574 (Ind.Ct.App.2000). We granted transfer, 758 N.E.2d 7 (Ind.2001), and now affirm the trial court, concluding…