Vaughn v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The conviction is for carrying a prohibited weapon; the punishment, a fine of $100.00.

The appellant was charged with carrying on and about his person a knife with a blade more than five and one-half inches in length.

The evidence shows appellant was stopped by a police officer at approximately 1:30 p. m. on December 29, 1971, because the officer observed appellant’s vehicle weaving across the center stripe of the roadway. After appellant had emerged from his vehicle, while the door was still open, the officer observed a machete laying on the floorboard of the…