State v. McGhee

Personne E. McGhee appeals his conviction of carrying a concealed deadly weapon, a misdemeanor offense. On appeal, Mr. McGhee alleges that the prosecution’s repeated references to another alleged crime, namely, brandishing a weapon, denied him a fair trial and that the jury was improperly instructed on the elements of the crime. Because Mr. McGhee’s allegations are without merit, we affirm his conviction.

On December 8, 1991, in response to a radio report alleging that Mr. McGhee had been seen near a Wheeling tavern pointing a 9 Millimeter pistol at Julius Wallace, Officer Gessler of the…