ELLIOTT v. STATE

No. 2-1272A143.

309 N.E.2d 454 (1974)

Gleason E. ELLIOTT, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Second District.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Purvis, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Robert F. Colker, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


WHITE, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a sentence of five years imprisonment for carrying a revolver without a license. The issue is the admissibility of the testimony of the arresting officer who "patted down" defendant and took the gun from him.1

We reverse.

The arresting officer (apparently a plain-clothes narcotics investigator) testified that he and two fellow officers drove to an apartment building at 3504 Evergreen...

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