Nguyen v. State

Nanh Tan Nguyen, the appellant, was convicted of the unlawful possession of a short-barreled rifle in violation of Ala. Code 1975, § 13A-11-63. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment as a habitual felony offender.

On this appeal from that conviction, the appellant contends that the trial court should have granted his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal.

The State's case-in-chief consisted of the testimony of Mobile Police Officer Patricia Larrison. She testified that she observed an apparently intoxicated appellant and a juvenile, B.P., get into a four-door Oldsmobile through a…