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STATE v. CRAWFORD

No. 61, September Term, 1985.

308 Md. 683 (1987)

521 A.2d 1193

STATE OF MARYLAND v. LEONARD ROLLON CRAWFORD.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah K. Chasanow, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

George E. Burns, Jr., Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH and McAULIFFE, JJ.

COLE, Judge.

We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether the defense of necessity is available to a charge of illegal possession of a handgun under Maryland Code (1957, 1982 Repl.Vol., 1986 Cum.Supp.), Art. 27, § 36B(b).

The facts in this case are peculiar and must be recounted in detail to retain their full effect. The defendant, Leonard Crawford, was charged in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County with two counts of assault on a...

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