State v. Davidson

WAHL, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of a charge of being a felon in possession of a handgun, Minn.Stat. § 624.-713, subds. 1(b) and 2 (1982). The trial court sentenced defendant to 16 months in prison but stayed execution of the sentence, placing defendant on probation for 3 years, the first 6 months to be served in jail. On this appeal from judgment of conviction defendant contends (1) that his conviction should be reversed outright on the ground that the evidence that he possessed the gun in question was legally insufficient, or (2) that he should be given a…