State v. Collins

Defendant appeals his convictions by a jury on two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm. ORS 166.250. His assignment of error is that “[t]he trial court erred in placing defendant on probation on each count, because both counts constituted a single act or transaction.” We affirm.1

On December 24, 1987, defendant was driving a pickup truck that he had borrowed from his brother-in-law. He and his passenger were stopped by several officers of the Springfield police department.2 One officer asked defendant if there were any weapons in the pickup; he replied that there was a shotgun on the…