Schaaf v. Commonwealth

This case involves Code § 18.2-308, which provides, in part, that “if any person carry about his person, hid from common observation, any pistol, ... he shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor, . . .”

*430On March 20, 1978, Mrs. Frances Marie Schaaf appeared at the Henrico County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court to attend a hearing on a petition for an increase in the amount that her husband should pay for the support of their children. Near the entrance to the courtroom is the court’s security scanner. This machine is designed to detect certain grades of metal, and those who have business…