Opinion by Justice LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR.
In this appeal, we consider whether the Court of Appeals of Virginia correctly determined that in a prosecution for violation of Code § 18.2-308.2, which provides that it is unlawful for a person previously convicted of a felony "to knowingly and intentionally possess... any firearm," the Commonwealth is not required to prove as an element of the offense that the object possessed by the defendant was an "operable" firearm...
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