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MOORE v. STATE

No. 20, September Term, 2010.

34 A.3d 513 (2011)

424 Md. 118

Rodney Taureen MOORE v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 22, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha Gillespie , Asst. Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for petitioner.

James E. Williams , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Douglas F. Gansler , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS, and BARBERA, JJ.

BATTAGLIA, J.

We are asked to determine whether operability is a prerequisite for a handgun to be considered a "firearm," as it is defined in Section 5-101(h)1 of the Public Safety Article, Maryland Code (2003), in order to sustain a conviction for possession of a regulated firearm by a disqualified person under Section 5-133(c)2 of the Public Safety Article, Maryland Code (2003).

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