Possession or use of “sawed-off” shotgun or rifle (§ 18.2-300)—Virginia Decoded

Possession or use of “sawed-off” shotgun or rifle

A. Possession or use of a “sawed-off” shotgun or “sawed-off” rifle in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of a crime of violence is a Class 2 felony.

B. Possession or use of a “sawed-off” shotgun or “sawed-off” rifle for any other purpose, except as permitted by this article and official use by those persons permitted possession by § 18.2-303, is a Class 4 felony.

History

Code 1950, § 18.1-268.2; 1968, c. 661; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1978, c. 710; 1992, c. 580.

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Court Decisions

Turner v. Com. (SCV, 11/26/80)
. . . commission of a crime of violence (robbery), Code § 18.2-300(A); and the use of a firearm (a . . .

Hall v. Com. (COA, 07/05/89)
. . . crime of violence, a Class 2 felony under Code § 18.2-300. Since the indictment only charged the . . .

Bruce v. Com. (COA, 01/02/90)
. . . confusing or misleading to the jury. See id. . . .

Dillard v. Com. (COA, 09/22/98)
. . . of a sawed-off shotgun, in violation of Code § 18.2-300(B), Carl Henry Dillard contends that the . . .

Rogers v. Com. (COA, 06/23/92)
. . . possessing a sawed-off shotgun in violation of Code § 18.2-300 and possessing a firearm after . . .

Taylor v. Com. (COA, 04/24/90)
. . . of a sawed-off shotgun in violation of Code § 18.2-300(B). On appeal, Taylor raises the following . . .

Armstrong v. Com. (COA, 07/31/01)
. . . possession of the firearm in violation of Code § 18.2-300 (the Sawed-off Shotgun Act). Similarly in . . .

Thomas v. Com. (COA, 03/26/02)
. . . " a Class 4 felony in violation of Code § 18.2-300(B), but improperly convicted of using such . . .

Christopher Y. Person v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 08/07/12)
. . . of a crime of violence in violation of Code § 18.2-300. In this appeal, . . .

McFarland v. Com. (COA, 12/31/02)
. . . possessing a sawed-off shotgun pursuant to Code § 18.2-300 and two counts of pointing a gun at a . . .

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