State v. Breaston

Whiteside, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Ronald L. Breaston (“defendant”), appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of the crime of carrying a concealed weapon, a felony of the third degree.

Defendant was arrested by a Columbus police officer, who observed defendant driving his Chevrolet Blazer truck at a slow speed and erratically in that he was weaving within lanes and out of lanes. When the vehicle was stopped, the officers observed an open container of beer between the driver’s seat and the passenger’s seat. Defendant was…