Howling v. State Abongnelah v. State

Mashour Howling v. State of Maryland, No. 35, September Term, 2021; Funiba Abongnelah v. State of Maryland, No. 36, September Term, 2021. Opinion by Hotten, J. CRIMINAL LAW – STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – PROHIBITED POSSESSION OF FIREARM AND AMMUNITION The United States Supreme Court in Rehaif v. United States,

588 U.S. ___,

139 S. Ct. 2191

(2019) interpreted 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), a federal statute prohibiting possession of a firearm, to require proof of the defendant’s knowledge of possessing a firearm and proof of the defendant’s knowledge of status as a person prohibited from possessing a firearm.…