State v. Pexa

CARTER, Justice.

Defendant, Mark Frederick Pexa, appeals from his conviction following trial to the court of the unauthorized possession of an offensive weapon in violation of Iowa Code section 724.3 (1995). He contends that certain items that he possessed, if assembled, did not constitute an offensive weapon under the statutory definition applied by the court in its written findings. We agree that the evidence does not support a finding that these items were an offensive weapon under the definition applied by the district court, i.e., the definition contained in section 724.1(3). Because the…