State v. Adams

OPINION

FIDEL, Judge.

How hidden must a weapon be to be “concealed” for the purposes of Arizona Revised Statutes Annotated (“A.R.S.”) § 13-3102(A)(2) (Supp.1996)? We answer that and other questions in this appeal.

HISTORY

Police officer Randy S. Cooper arrested Appellant Delon Joseph Adams and two companions suspected of passing a forged check at a Phoenix bank. Searching their ear, Officer Cooper found a Ruger 9 mm semiautomatic weapon wedged between the passenger seat and door. Because Appellant had been seated in the passenger seat, the weapon was within his immediate control. Officer Cooper…