A.P.E. v. People

The majority holds that the prosecution must prove that the defendant intended to use the knife he was concealing in his pants as a weapon in order to be convicted for unlawfully carrying a concealed weapon. I respectfully dissent.

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The statute at issue is section 18-12, 101(1)(f), 6 C.R.S. (2000), defining a knife as "any dagger, dirk, knife, or stiletto with a blade over three and one-half inches in length, or any other dangerous instrument capable of inflicting cutting, stabbing, or *1187tearing wounds." The majority reads the statute to mean that, by specifically referring to blades longer than…