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Article: PIZZA MAN HAD RIGHT TO CARRY CONCEALED WEAPON, JUDGE SAYS.(LOCAL)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- September 26, 2007
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Byline: Associated Press
MILWAUKEE -- A judge has found the prosecution of a pizza driver on concealed weapons charges to be unconstitutional.
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Daniel A. Noonan agreed Monday with defense attorneys' contention that Andres Vegas, 46, needed the gun to protect himself in his chosen work, citing state Supreme Court decisions that found justified exceptions to the state's concealed-carry ban.
The ruling means Vegas will not face criminal charges in the nonfatal shootings. Prosecutors had filed a misdemeanor count of carrying a concealed weapon after the second shooting, in January, and said Vegas had been warned after a July 2006 shooting ...
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