People v. Townsend

The defendants appeal their conviction by a jury of carrying a concealed weapon.* 1 The weapon, a pistol, was found in a search of an automobile occupied by Townsend and Solano following their arrest for another crime. At the trial the judge said that he was inclined to believe that there was not probable cause to arrest the defendants. He, nevertheless, admitted the pistol over the defendants’ objection because of the proviso to the search and seizure section of the Michigan Constitution (Const 1963, art 1, § 11) which excepts narcotics and certain dangerous weapons seized outside the…