United States v. Palmer

DeCICCO, Judge:

In this appeal, the appellant argues that his guilty plea to violating a provision of U.S. Navy Regulations by wrongfully possessing a dangerous weapon, a .25 caliber handgun, on a naval station was improvidently entered because the gun was unloaded and is therefore not a dangerous weapon. After examining the record of trial, the briefs of the parties, the regulation concerned and pertinent cases, we hold that an unloaded handgun is a dangerous weapon for purposes of alleged violations of U.S. Navy Regulations charged under Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice [UCMJ],…