State v. Gibson

A jury found Richter U. Gibson guilty of violating Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1206(1) (Reissue 1985), which prohibits a convicted felon from possessing a firearm “with a barrel less than eighteen inches in length.” In his appeal, Gibson does not contest the sufficiency of evidence for the conviction, but does contend that the district court erred in overruling Gibson’s motion to suppress an oral statement made to police at the time of his arrest and in admitting that statement as evidence in Gibson’s trial.

Before trial, Gibson moved for suppression of his oral statement. See Neb. Rev. Stat. §…