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Cain v. State

Citations

  • 872 A.2d 681
  • 386 Md. 320
  • 2005 Md. LEXIS 186

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that statutory “provisions must be read in a commonsensical perspective to avoid a farfetched interpretation”
  • holding that sentence including sex offender registration as condition of probation was illegal where individual pled guilty to assault, which was not one of the enumerated crimes qualifying an individual as an “offender” under the then- current statute
  • court’s discussion of the history of MSORA and the requirement for sex offenders to register in Maryland as initially enacted in 1995 does not discuss registration as being part of a sentence
  • discussing subsequent changes to sex offender registration statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Bell, Raker, Wilner, Harrell, Battaglia, Greene, Eldridge

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