State v. Williams

ROBERT R. WELBORN, Special Judge.

Appeal from judgment of conviction and five-year sentence upon verdict of jury finding Doyle E. Williams guilty of carrying a concealed weapon. § 564.610, RSMo 1969.

On the afternoon of June 17, 1975, two Kansas City police officers on routine patrol in an unmarked vehicle saw an automobile “run” a traffic signal at 39th and The Pa-seo. They pursued the vehicle and, using red lights and a siren, pulled it to the curb. The officers approached the vehicle, a Lincoln Continental with three persons in it, later identified as Jerome Wright, the driver, Edward…