People v. Merriweather

Defendant was convicted by a jury of carrying a concealed weapon. MCLA 750.227; MSA 28.424. We affirm.

A gas station attendant notified police that he had observed a pistol in the front seat of a car he had just serviced. The police stopped the car and discovered a .22-caliber pistol.

The defendant claimed that his sister left the pistol in the car and that he did not have any knowledge of the presence of the pistol in the car.

Defendant claims he was denied due process of law because the police failed to dust the weapon for fingerprints.

The cases cited by the defendant to substantiate his…