Baker v. State

OPINION

SINGLETON, Judge.

Troy D. Baker was convicted by a jury of misconduct involving weapons in the first degree in violation of AS 11.61.200(a)(1) for knowingly possessing “a firearm capable of being concealed on one’s person after having been convicted of a felony.” Baker appeals. We affirm.

William Crabtree and Troy Baker were partners in a woodcutting business in Fairbanks. After Baker unsuccessfully tried to collect $180 that Crabtree apparently owed him, Baker took Crabtree’s handgun.1 Crabtree called the police.

*1369When an officer arrived, Baker told the officer that he had taken the gun…