Douglas v. State

On January 13, 1977, Leonard 0. Douglas, appellant, was tried without a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore and convicted of unlawfully carrying a handgun in violation of Md. Ann. Code Art. 27, § 36B (b) (1976 repl. vol.). He was given a suspended sentence of one year and was placed on two years probation. Appellant contends on appeal that he was improperly convicted because the evidence failed to show that the weapon, a CO2 pellet gun, having the appearance of a pistol, was a “handgun”. We agree.

In Howell v. State, 278 Md. 389, 396, 364 A. 2d 797 (1976) the Court of Appeals stated the…