I meant to reply earlier, but circumstances have prevented me from do so until now. Even so, my reply must be incomplete. Maryland has laws permitting judges a wide latitude in sentencing. While NY night have classes of misdemeanor with sentences according to the seriousness of the crime, Maryland tends to lump crimes together of a particular kind with a range of sentences (i.e. not to exceed x years) and allow a judge to make a sentence according to the seriousness of the crime. Many of these misdemeanors have an upper limit for sentencing more than two years.
So, a bar scuffle with no injury might be plead out for time served (over night stay in jail) but produce a Maryland (Federal) disqualification because the charge carried a sentence upper limit of more than 2 years in prison. This example has actually occurred. Many Maryland misdemeanors are disqualifying in this way. Phil -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Volokh, Eugene Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 1:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: State laws that ban possession of guns by people convicted ofnonviolent misdemeanors? My recollection is that some state laws ban possession of guns by people convicted of nonviolent misdemeanors. Some of these may be within the rubric of "domestic violence," but not require any violent act; others apply to other misdemeanors. Can anyone refresh my recollection, please? Many thanks, Eugene
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