Legal Question in Criminal Law in Maryland
Can a person be charged by the police, or indicted in circut court for wearing and concealing a handgun,also other related handgun charges. If the person did not have the gun on their person.
example: If there is a fight between a bunch of people and after the fight and both parties go separate ways, then police a called after the fact and are told that a person from the other group had a gun, can that person be charged for that offense on hear say or does that person have to have the gun on them to be charged with it.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Of course they CAN be charged! But an indictment is a far way off from a conviction. You need to get a seasoned handgun defense lawyer ASAP!
Yes, because charging requires only probable cause, instead of proof beyond a reasonable doubt which conviction requires. A person's claim that he saw another with a gun can be enough, if believed by the grand jury or commissioner.
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