Case Name: STATE of Maine v. Donald C. WHITE
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1984-05-28
Citations: 475 A.2d 1141
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE of Maine v. Donald C. WHITE.
Judges: Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 475
Pages: 1141–1141

Head Matter:
STATE of Maine v. Donald C. WHITE.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
Argued May 10, 1984.
Decided May 28, 1984.
John R. Atwood, Dist. Atty., William R. Anderson (orally), Geoffrey Rushlau, Asst. Dist. Attys., Belfast, for plaintiff.
Richard M. Dostie (orally), Belfast, for defendant.
Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.
Donald C. White appeals his conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 15 M.R.S.A. § 393 (1980). He asserts that because he possessed the firearm only when he was hunting, the court should have dismissed the prosecution pursuant to 17-A M.R.S.A. § 12 (1983) as a de minimis infraction. The issue was never raised below and we are not persuaded the failure to dismiss the case was obvious error affecting substantial rights. M.R.Crim.P. 52(b).
The entry is:
Judgment affirmed.
All concurring.