Dozier v. State

OPINION

RUCKER, Judge

After a bench trial George Dozier was convicted of carrying a handgun on school property without a license, a Class C felony 1 and dangerous possession of a firearm, a Class A misdemeanor. 2 He now appeals raising two issues for our review which we rephrase as (1) was the evidence sufficient to rebut Dozier’s defense of necessity, and (2) did Dozier’s conviction violate an Indiana Constitutional provision permitting citizens to bear arms.

The record shows that Dozier, who was sixteen years of age at the time he was charged with the offenses giving rise to this appeal, 3 had…