McCray v. City and County of Denver

Plaintiff in error was defendant in the trial court, and will be referred to as she there appeared. The only question presented is whether her motion to dismiss a charge of wearing a concealed weapon in violation of the Municipal Ordinances of the City and County of Denver should have been granted. We conclude that it should.

The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the City, discloses that on June 12, 1958, the defendant was seen by police officers on Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. When first seen she was holding a pistol in her hand, pointing it in the direction of a group of…