City of Cape Girardeau v. Joyce

CARL R. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Section 17-98(a)(5) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cape Girardeau provides as follows:(a) a person commits the offense of unlawful possession or use of weapons if he knowingly;

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William Joyce stipulated that he drove a motorcycle on the streets of Cape Girardeau with a loaded .32-caliber pistol on his person plainly visible in a holster. He was charged and found guilty of a violation of the ordinance. After declining the trial court’s offer to suspend the imposition of sentence,…