WYNN v. STATE

No. 29, September Term, 1987.

313 Md. 533 (1988)

546 A.2d 465

JAMES OTHEL WYNN v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

September 1, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greta C. Van Susteren (Milliken, Van Susteren & Canan, on the brief) Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Ronald M. Levitan, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on the brief) Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and BLACKWELL, JJ.


COLE, Judge.

In this case we must decide whether the trial court erred in convicting James Wynn of the use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. The answer to this question depends upon whether bare possession of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence is the equivalent of use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence under Art. 27, § 36B(d).

The facts giving rise to this issue are straightforward. On January 12...

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