State v. Sheldon

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beier, J.:

Defendant William Willard Sheldon was charged with three counts of making a false information and two counts of felony obstruction of an official duty arising out of firearm pawns. The district court judge dismissed one obstruction count, and a jury convicted Sheldon on the remaining charges. He appealed. The Court of Appeals reversed the three false information convictions but affirmed the obstruction conviction. This court granted Sheldon’s petition for review on the obstruction conviction. We denied the State’s cross-petition for review of…