J.R.P. v. State

J.R.P. seeks reversal of the trial court’s order finding him guilty of unlawfully carrying a concealed weapon, in violation of section 790.01(1), Florida Statutes (2006). Because the knife J.R.P. was carrying falls *1179within the common pocketknife exception to the definition of a weapon, we reverse.

Pursuant to a confidential informant’s tip that J.R.P. was carrying a knife, a Miami-Dade police officer stopped and searched J.R.P. When asked by the officer, J.R.P. admitted to carrying a knife in his back pocket. The officer confiscated the knife. In his report of the incident, the officer…