State v. Strong

Defendant appeals his convictions of carrying a concealed weapon, see ORS 166.240, and of being an ex-convict in possession of a firearm, see ORS 166.270, following a trial to the court. His only assignment of error is denial of his motion for acquittal on both charges.

Defendant, an ex-convict, surrendered a knife, which he had withdrawn from his pocket, to an officer under circumstances which are not challenged. The officer measured the blade and found it to be four and three-quarter inches in length. The officer said the knife had a thin blade and had an unusual shape but it folded the same…