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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMan unable to use arms faces gun possession charge
http://thegrio.com/2014/12/17/man-unable-to-use-arms-faces-gun-possession-charge/A man who cant use his arms because of a spinal condition is being held in jail while facing a gun possession charge his lawyer calls shocking.
Bail was lowered Tuesday for Marcus Hubbard, who has been jailed since his arrest in Trenton in August.
Defense lawyer Caroline Turner said the case against Hubbard, who injured his spine in a car accident and may have Lou Gehrigs disease, shocks the conscience.
How could (he be) held for four months on a gun charge? Turner said during the bail hearing. He cannot move his arms. They are useless to him.
Bail was lowered Tuesday for Marcus Hubbard, who has been jailed since his arrest in Trenton in August.
Defense lawyer Caroline Turner said the case against Hubbard, who injured his spine in a car accident and may have Lou Gehrigs disease, shocks the conscience.
How could (he be) held for four months on a gun charge? Turner said during the bail hearing. He cannot move his arms. They are useless to him.
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Man unable to use arms faces gun possession charge (Original Post)
KamaAina
Dec 2014
OP
How did it come to be in his possession, and what was he intending to do with it?
jberryhill
Dec 2014
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Glassunion
(10,201 posts)1. If I understand NJ law correctly he was in possesion of it.
Being in the same vehicle with the firearm constitutes possession in the state of New Jersey. That is the law, it does not matter that he cannot physically use it.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)2. That may be
but the DA's office is not required to prosecute the case.
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)5. It's New Jersey. They are very tough on firearms violations.
It would be insane for a DA to drop charges on this one.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)8. "It's New Jersey. They are very tough on firearms violations."
Domestic violence, not so much.
msongs
(67,420 posts)3. clear infringement of his 2A rights. nt
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)4. The gun was reported stolen
from Alaska. Kindly tell me how this gentleman could have gone to Alaska and stolen a gun in his condition.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)9. How did it come to be in his possession, and what was he intending to do with it?
pintobean
(18,101 posts)6. Maybe he had heard
that he could use it to compensate for an inadequate body part.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)7. Because giving to someone else, with arms, does not come to mind?