State v. Turner

This is an appeal by the defendant, David Franklin Turner, from a judgment of the circuit court, which adjudged him guilty of the crime proscribed in OBS 166.270, which reads:

“* * * any person who has been convicted of a felony * * * who owns, or has in his possession or under his custody or control any pistol, revolver, or other firearm * * * ' shall be punished upon conviction * *

The judgment of conviction was based upon the verdict of a jury.

The defendant, in appealing, presents two assignments of error. The first of them was based upon the circuit court’s denial of a motion for “an order…