STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. NICQUAN D. SCOTT

A-4633-10T1

We focused on the mens rea needed to convict defendant of

second-degree possessing, receiving, or transferring a community

gun, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4a(2), and analyzed whether the State must

prove that defendant knew the firearm was a community gun. We

held that defendant's knowledge of the communal character of a

firearm is not an element of the statute. 11-08-12