People v. Cunningham

After a jury trial, defendant and two other men were convicted of carrying a dan gerous weapon in a vehicle. Only defendant has appealed.

Defendant’s arrest occurred in May, 1968, after the vehicle in which he was a passenger was stopped by police for a traffic violation. One of the arresting officers approached the automobile on the right side and observed the barrel of a 12-gauge shotgun protruding three inches from under a coat in the hack seat. This discovery led to the arrest of the driver of the vehicle, a rear seat passenger, and defendant, who was the front seat passenger.

At trial the…