People v. Lynn

Following a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of carrying a dangerous weapon in a motor vehicle, 1 possession of marijuana, 2 and operating a motor vehicle without security. 3 On appeal, however, the Court of Appeals set aside the weapons conviction on the ground that the jury instructions failed to require the jury to consider and decide whether the knives in question were dangerous weapons. We conclude that the instructions were not erroneous, and reverse.

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The arresting police officer testified that she stopped the defendant’s vehicle because of a loud exhaust, and that when she asked…