TATE, Justice.
The defendant was convicted of possession in 1978 of a firearm after having been earlier convicted of a felony, La.R.S. 14:95. 1, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment at hard labor. His appeal presents two assignments of error.
La.R.S. 14:95.1 makes it unlawful for a person who has been convicted of a felony to possess a firearm. The statute does not apply to a person who has not been convicted of a felony for a period of ten years "from...
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