State v. Gwinn

MeKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendant appeals his judgment of conviction in a jury-waived trial for a violation of 15 M.R.S.A. § 393 (Supp.1975), which prohibits a previously convicted felon from possessing a weapon of the types therein defined. 1

We deny the appeal.

In the course of rendering its decision on defendant’s guilt, the court below made certain specific oral determinations on the record. First, it ruled that the particular weapon defendant had possessed was not capable of being concealed upon the person. Nonetheless, it ruled that the defendant’s weapon fell within the class of weapons…