Lewis v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
STATON, Presiding Judge.
After a jury trial, Thorn L. Lewis was convicted of carrying a handgun without a license, 1 a Class A misdemeanor. Lewis raises three issues on appeal, which are consolidated and restated as follows:
1. Was there sufficient evidence from which the jury could find that Lewis "knowingly possessed" a handgun?
2. Did the trial court err by giving State's Instructions One and Two, which were based on IND. CODE 35-47-2-24, and which placed on Lewis the burden of showing he had a license to carry a gun or was exempt from the statute?
Affirmed.
The evidence most favorable to the…
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