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Knife, right. first of all, under state law, the switchblade is illegal to have. but what you see and what's coming here from the attorneys who are talking about the specific knife that they believe freddie gray had and they're asking actually, in a motion, to see that knife, it's a spring assistant type of knife and they say under baltimore city code it's much more expansive about what is illegal. they say that knife is illegal that was in freddie gray's possession. and that makes a difference. they say that means these officers had probable cause to arrest freddie gray and that the charge fo...

Place. and arresting officers say moseby got it wrong. in motions filed with the district court. they stay the knife was illegal under maryland law. and demand the state produce the knife to prove they're right. neither lawyer would speak on camera about pending litigation. >> according to maryland state law a knife is illegal if the blade deploys with the push of a button. without manual assistance. legal. illegal. comes done to a spring. >> essentially. >> this is the one that kind of gets closer to what you call a switchblade. automatic. you have a spring, it is open. bang. >> it is unassis...

Athena jones has more. >> reporter: according to maryland state law, the blade is legal if it deploys without manual assistance. it all comes down to a spring. >> absolutely. this is the one that gets closer to what you call a switch blade. you barely push that and it clicks open. you just kind of bang. >> reporter: it is spring assisted but still legal. if successful the knife argument could derail the case against the officers. says the former prosecutor who has been critical of the charges and how quickly mosby filed them. if the knife is illegal. >> those two arresting officers will be com...

Educator. we need new plays in the playbook. we need a new normal in baltimore. because some of the things that have been done over the years have worked. some haven't. what we have to do is scale what's worked and fix what hasn't worked and put new tools in the tool box. >> new normal seems like a good motto going forward. secretary, tom perez, thank you very much. >> always a pleasure. >> a lawyer for one of the baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray is already challenging a key premise behind some of the charges against him. when she announced those charges last week...

Knife found on freddie gray. >> the knife was not a switch blade and is lawful under maryland law. >> reporter: marilyn mosby says under state law the knife is legal making freddie gray's arrest illegal. but the police investigation contradicts that based on city code. >> what is the knife itself? certainly if the nice is a spring assisted knife, case over for the officers. this case shouldn't even exist. >> reporter: lawyers for officers garrett miller and edward nero have filed motions to inspect evidence. charges against the officers another point of contention. officials claim manslaughter...