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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Thu Dec 18, 2014, 03:29 PM Dec 2014

Man 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 can’t 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 Gehrig’s 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

If I understand NJ law correctly he was in possesion of it. Glassunion Dec 2014 #1

That may be KamaAina Dec 2014 #2

It's New Jersey. They are very tough on firearms violations. Glassunion Dec 2014 #5

"It's New Jersey. They are very tough on firearms violations." Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #8

clear infringement of his 2A rights. nt msongs Dec 2014 #3

The gun was reported stolen KamaAina Dec 2014 #4

How did it come to be in his possession, and what was he intending to do with it? jberryhill Dec 2014 #9

Maybe he had heard pintobean Dec 2014 #6

Because giving to someone else, with arms, does not come to mind? Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #7

Glassunion

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1. If I understand NJ law correctly he was in possesion of it.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 03:40 PM

Dec 2014

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.