Is a defendant considered armed even if the weapon is inoperable or unloaded?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gilbert, B265285 (Cal. App. 2016):
"[t]he defendant is considered armed even if the weapon is inoperable [citation] or, as here, it is unloaded." (People v. Brimmer (2014) 230 Cal.App.4th 782, 799.)
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