Wilson v. State

COBB, Judge.

The issue on this appeal is whether or not the defendant below, Sonny Wilson, was entitled to a judgment of acquittal on a charge of carrying a concealed firearm. The only evidence presented at trial in regard to the concealment charge came from the arresting officer, a county deputy named William Shaffer. Shaffer’s trial testimony was as follows:

MR. SHAFFER: The sequence was when I was traveling down Oak Street approaching him, he looked back at me, and then what was in his hand was placed against his left thigh. And then when I got ten to fifteen yards from him, I could see the…