ALTENBERND, Acting Chief Judge.
Peter Axel Nystrom appeals a judgment convicting him of carrying a concealed weapon. The "concealed weapon" was a steak knife. We reverse because the jury instructions prohibited the jury from deciding whether the steak knife, a common kitchen item, was a deadly weapon.
On June 11, 1999, Mr. Nystrom was sitting, heavily dressed, in his parked car in a residential neighborhood. A citizen observed that he remained in the parked...
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