GARCIA v. STATE

Nos. 4D00-1848, 4D00-1887.

789 So.2d 1059 (2001)

Alejandro GARCIA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Cherry Grant, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Daniel P. Hyndman, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

The trial court found that appellant violated his probation when he carried a large kitchen knife concealed in the waist band of his pants. He appeals, arguing that the knife could not be a concealed weapon because it was not being used as a weapon. We affirm.

Appellant was stopped by an officer for riding his bicycle at night without a light and for violation of a traffic control device. When the officer noticed that appellant was covering his stomach...

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