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Butler v. State

Citations

  • 643 A.2d 389
  • 335 Md. 238
  • 1994 Md. LEXIS 85

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that guilty knowledge “can be inferred from all the surrounding facts and circumstances in the case”
  • stating that, “[although collateral estoppel is usually invoked based upon a prior acquittal, the critical consideration is whether an issue of ultimate fact has been previously determined in favor of the defendant” (internal citations omitted)
  • “The term ‘knowledge’ means that at that time the relief or assistance was given the defendant must have had actual knowledge that the person assisted was the one who committed the felony.”
  • motion to dismiss criminal case on ground of collateral estoppel

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Judges: Eldridge

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