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WEBB v. STATE

No. 108, September Term, 1987.

311 Md. 610 (1988)

536 A.2d 1161

LEONARD WEBB v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Kopolow, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Jillyn K. Schulze, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Kurl L. Schmoke, State's Atty. for Baltimore City, and William McCollum, Asst. State's Atty., on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and BLACKWELL, JJ., and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland (retired), specially assigned.

CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge, Retired, Specially Assigned.

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Some 15 years ago the Legislature, spurred by "a dramatic increase in the number of crimes perpetrated with handguns and a concomitant increase in the number of deaths and injuries caused by persons carrying handguns on the streets who were `inclined to use them in criminal activity,'" enacted "strong handgun control legislation." State v. Crawford, 308 Md. 683

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