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Anderson v. State

Citations

  • 867 A.2d 1040
  • 385 Md. 123

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing “the right under the collateral order doctrine to take an immediate appeal from the denial of a motion to dismiss a criminal charge on double jeopardy grounds”
  • upholding two convictions based upon possession of “two completely separate” stashes of drugs being held for different purposes
  • “It is not possible ... to ‘distribute’ a controlled dangerous substance ... unless the distributor has actual or constructive possession (dominion or control
  • “It is not possible ... to ‘distribute’ a controlled dangerous substance ... unless the distributor has actual or constructive possession (dominion or control) of the substance. Thus, the possession of the substance distributed is necessarily an element of the distribution.”
  • explaining the required evidence test

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Judges: Wilner

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