Nice. I was on a jury where we did something similar.
Guy had been charged with having a concealed weapon. He and a couple of friends had been out shooting at some remote location where it was perfectly legal to shoot. They had a bunch of different guns with them... rifles, pistols, revolvers, etc which were in a couple places in this guy's truck, mostly on the tailgate and a few they were done with in the cab.
Well, a fish and game officer came along, and decided to check these guys out. She got permission to search and found a revolver in the cab that was under a shirt that one of the guys had taken off and tossed on the seat. Based off this, he got charged with having a concealed weapon. The way the law was written, he was actually guilty.
Took us 5 minutes to vote not guilty and send this poor guy home. I was very proud of my fellow jurors that day.
Guy had been charged with having a concealed weapon. He and a couple of friends had been out shooting at some remote location where it was perfectly legal to shoot. They had a bunch of different guns with them... rifles, pistols, revolvers, etc which were in a couple places in this guy's truck, mostly on the tailgate and a few they were done with in the cab.
Well, a fish and game officer came along, and decided to check these guys out. She got permission to search and found a revolver in the cab that was under a shirt that one of the guys had taken off and tossed on the seat. Based off this, he got charged with having a concealed weapon. The way the law was written, he was actually guilty.
Took us 5 minutes to vote not guilty and send this poor guy home. I was very proud of my fellow jurors that day.