WARNER, J.
The state appeals a trial court order granting a prisoner's motion for postconviction relief and awarding a new trial on the crime of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. At the original trial, the trial court instructed the jury to make a finding as to whether the defendant possessed a firearm but did not specifically instruct that the jury must find this element beyond a reasonable doubt. The trial court did give the standard instruction requiring...
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