State v. Kaelin

McCORMICK, Justice.

Defendant claims a right to carry a pistol in his automobile because he had no other place to live and slept in the car the night before he was stopped and charged with carrying a weapon in the vehicle in violation of Iowa Code section 724.4 (1983). He also claims the trial court abused its discretion in ordering him to make full restitution for attorney fees and court costs. We affirm the trial court.

On August 23, 1983, defendant was released from jail and went to the home of his father-in-law in Bloomfield, Iowa, to visit his wife and children. When his father-in-law told…