Legal Opinion
Malphurs v. the State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 19, 2016No. A16A0140PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Peterson, Judge.
Juaquin Malphurs’ bag had a gun in it. There are many places in Georgia where a gun in a bag would not excite comment; unfortunately for Malphurs, the TSA screening area of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is not among them. Malphurs did not have a weapons carry license and was arrested and charged with several crimes. Notably for the purposes of this appeal, he was charged with violation of OCGA § 16-11-127 (which makes it a misdemeanor for a person without a weapons carry license to carry a weapon in a government building) and OCGA § 16-11-130.2 (which makes it a…
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