Hayes v. Commonwealth

WADDILL, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of carrying concealed a deadly weapon upon his person and his punishment was fixed at two years’ confinement in the state penitentiary. KRS 435.230. On this appeal we consider the several grounds urged for the reversal of the conviction.

On the evening of October 5, 1967, while appellant was attending a party at the American Legion Hall in Inez, Kentucky, certain local and state law enforcement officers conducted a raid upon the Legion Hall pursuant to a valid search warrant. During the progress of the search for illicit intoxicants appellant was…