State v. Cloninger

EAGLES, Judge.

Defendant’s assignments of error are based upon the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss at the close of the State’s evidence. Specifically, defendant presents two questions for review: (1) Whether the State failed to prove an essential element of the offense charged in that it offered no evidence that the barrel length of the handgun found in defendant’s possession was less than 18 inches, or its overall length was less than 26 inches; and (2) whether the evidence showed that defendant’s conduct came within the language of the statute which allows all persons to…