126 Md. App. 548 - Handy v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
September 2004
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Neil v. Biggers · Riddick v. State · United States v. Robinson · Molesworth v. Brandon · 83 Md. App. 341 - Perkins v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“pepper spray may become a dangerous weapon ... when it is used as an offensive weapon to injure and overcome the intended victim. The temporary blinding of an individual qualifies as serious harm, and one of the primary purposes of pepper spray is to provide personal protection in defending against criminal assaults. It is the use to which the object is put that determines whether a particular object is a dangerous or deadly weapon.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Handy v. Maryland
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