People v. Pugh

Defendant, Kelly Pugh, age 20, with two teen-aged companions, all riding in the front seat of an auto through the city of Canton during the dark, early morning hours of November 9,1973, were stopped by a policeman for their failure to have taillights burning. Dming the arrest, the officer observed a rifle protruding from under the dislodged rear seat in the passenger compartment of the car, and on further examination found the carcass of a shot calf in the trunk. That discovery led to defendant’s subsequent indictment for unlawful use of a weapon and on four counts of theft. The theft…