State v. Morris

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for theft of firearms, 17-A M.R. S.A. § 353 (Supp.1981), a Class B crime. Defendant was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to three years in the Maine State Prison. Finding no merit in his claims of error, we affirm the conviction.

Defendant chiefly contends on appeal that the State failed to carry its burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that at least one of the four rifles and one revolver he was alleged to have participated in stealing was operable. The Criminal Code makes operability an essential element of…