Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 5, 2011No. 16, September Term, 2010PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBattaglia, J.
In this case, we enter into the constitutional fray involving the scope of the Second Amendment right to bear arms,1 recently explored by the Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 128 S.Ct. 2783, 171 L.Ed.2d 637 (2008) and McDonald v. City of Chicago, — U.S.-, 130 S.Ct. 3020, 177 L.Ed.2d 89.4 (2010).
Petitioner, Charles F. Williams, Jr., seeks to overturn his conviction in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County for unlawful possession of a handgun, pursuant to Section 4-203(a)(l)(i) of the Criminal Law Article, Maryland Code (2002),2 asserting that Maryland’s…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- District of Columbia v. HellerSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- McDonald v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- United States v. MarzzarellaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010
- United States v. SkoienCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
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3Cited by31 opinions
- United States v. MasciandaroCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2011
- Raymond Woollard v. Denis GallagherCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2013
- Commonwealth v. PowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Hightower v. City of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
- Commonwealth v. GouseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
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