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FARRAKHAN v. COM.

Record No. 060252.

639 S.E.2d 227 (2007)

Shaka Amir FARRAKHAN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 12, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Pepper, Deputy Public Defender, for appellant.

Michael T. Judge, Senior Assistant Attorney General (Robert F. McDonnell, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., LACY, KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, and AGEE, JJ., and RUSSELL, S.J.

OPINION BY Justice DONALD W. LEMONS.

Virginia Code § 18.2-308(A) provides in part that it is unlawful for "any person" to carry "about his person, hidden from common observation . . . any dirk, bowie knife, switchblade knife, ballistic knife, machete, razor" or "any weapon of like kind as those enumerated in this subsection." A first offense violation of this code provision is a Class 1 misdemeanor. Further, Code § 18.2-308.2 provides that it is a Class...

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