Gerdes v. State

SCOTT, Justice.

The appellant, Mark Gerdes, was found guilty by a jury of possession of a short-barreled shotgun, in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.67, subd. 2 (1980). 1 For this conviction the trial judge sentenced appellant to a 5-year prison term, with execution of sentence stayed provided that he serve 60 days in the county jail.

On this appeal from judgment of conviction and from an order of the district court denying post-conviction relief, appellant contends:(1)that the conviction was based on insufficient evidence because the gun in question was inoperable and possession of an inoperable…