Opinion ID: 874856
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Heading: Confiscation of Weapons

Text: Idaho Code § 19-3807(1) provides, inter alia: At the time any person is convicted of a felony in any court of the state of Idaho, firearms ... or any other deadly weapons or contraband of any kind found in his possession or under his control at the time of his arrest may be confiscated and disposed of in accordance with the order of the court before which such person was tried. The threshold requirement of I.C. § 19-3807(1) is that a person be convicted of a felony in the State of Idaho. Having found that the State was barred from charging Peterson with felony possession of a controlled substance in this instance, due to the previously accepted plea agreement, and that Peterson was therefore not properly convicted of a felony, the felony conviction underlying the seizure of Peterson's firearm and baseball bat no longer exists. Therefore, we vacate the district court's confiscation order.