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Court of Appeals of Maryland· 3/14/1994

Curran v. Price

Citations

  • 638 A.2d 93
  • 334 Md. 149
  • 1994 Md. LEXIS 39

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the required records doctrine was not applicable to Maryland’s “Son of Sam” statute because the statute was not regulatory but concerned an inherently criminal area
  • holding that if a statute is susceptible to two reasonable interpretations, one of which would involve a decision as to its constitutionality, the preferred construction is the one which avoids the constitutional question
  • holding that if a statute is susceptible to two reasonable interpretations, one of which would involve a decision as to its constitutionality, the preferred construction is the one which avoids the constitutional question
  • discussing \heavy burden\ imposed on speech by initial review process of Maryland's Son of Sam statute
  • “[A] person may not claim the privilege based on Incrimination that may result from the contents or nature of the thing demanded.’ ”
  • “If a statute is susceptible of two reasonable interpretations, one of which would involve a decision as to its constitutionality, the preferred construction is that which avoids the determination of constitutionality”

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Judges: Bell, Charles, McAuliffe, Murphy, Robert, Rodowsky

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