Bacon v. State

CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge,

Specially Assigned.

Gilbert Clayton Bacon, Jr. claims that, in the particular circumstances of this case, it is against the law to punish him for “carrying] a dangerous weapon openly, to wit: knife, with the intent of injuring a person in an unlawful manner.” He is right.

Bacon was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County of that charge. The Court of Special Appeals affirmed the judgment entered on the conviction. Bacon v. State, 82 Md.App. 737, 573 A.2d 114 (1990). We granted his petition for a writ of certiorari.

The charge was brought…