188 Md. App. 691 - Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 4 state decisions

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1. “The facts, as stipulated, had the matter gone to trial, the facts would show that on October 1, 2007, at approximately 5:00 p.m., Officer Molake with the Prince George's County Police Department, was in the area of the Baltimore—Washington Parkway and Landover Road in Prince George's County, Maryland, and as he was driving in that area, he observed the defendant going through a backpack near a wooded area nearby the cross area, and at one time, as the officer turned his cruiser around, he observed the defendant turn and place something in the brush area as if he was hiding something. Officer Molake made contact with the defendant, who he would identify as the gentleman seated to the left with the green shirt and asked him what he was doing. The defendant told him he was going through the backpack to see what was in it. He then asked the defendant what he went and hid in the bushes, and the defendant hesitated and then stated "my gun."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. State

2. “(б) the wearing, carrying, or transporting of a handgun by a person on real estate that the person owns or leases or where the person resides or within the confines of a business establishment that the person owns or leases;....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. State

3. “to keep and bear arms in the home for the purpose of immediate self-defense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. State