People v. Payne

A criminal charge was brought against the defendant, Orla Grant Payne, for carrying a concealed weapon, specifically a five-inch, double-edged, nonfolding knife, in violation of MCL 750.227(1); MSA 28.424(1). Defendant appeals by leave granted from the order of the circuit court denying defendant’s motion for dismissal, ordering that defendant is not entitled to present evidence on the hunting knife exception to the concealed weapons statute, and adjudging further that the statute specifically establishes types of weapons which are dangerous weapons per se to which the hunting knife exception…