SHAHOOD, J.
This issue involves whether appellant may be prosecuted for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon after a jury previously acquitted him of attempted first-degree murder based upon the same facts. We hold that because the jury did not have to factually decide whether appellant possessed a firearm in the first trial, the State is not collaterally estopped from bringing the second charge.
The facts surrounding the charge of attempted first...
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