State v. Klosowski

OPINION

TEASE, Judge.

The defendant was convicted, in a non-jury trial, of a violation of 11 Del.C., § 465(A), possession of a sawed-off shotgun. The evidence showed that the shotgun barrels were slightly less than 18 inches in length and overall length of the weapon was just over 26 inches.

The statute in question reads, in pertinent part, as follows:

“The term ‘short-barrelled’ or ‘sawed-off shotgun’ as used in this section means a shotgun having one or more barrels less than 18 inches in length and any weapon made from a shotgun (whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise) if such…