Did State's Attorney for Baltimore City Marilyn Mosby make a grave prosecutorial error in declaring Freddie Gray's knife legal and the actions of Baltimore police improper? According to the Baltimore Sun, Mosby declared the knife legal because it was not a switchblade as specified by Maryland statute. As a result, Mosby claims the officers failed to establish probable cause for the arrest thereby acting illegally. But is the inexperienced prosecutor with only four months on the job, and no murder or high profile cases under her belt correct?
It appears that is a matter of much debate, and will be a key element in the defense of the police officers.
Officer Garret E. Miller, one of the officers being prosecuted charged Gray with the switchblade offense and wrote this in the charging document, "the knife was recovered by this officer and found to be a spring assisted, one hand operated knife."
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