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Dixon v. State

Citations

  • 772 A.2d 283
  • 364 Md. 209
  • 2001 Md. LEXIS 315

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that first-degree assault under what is now CL § 3-202(a)(1
  • holding a ten-year sentence for first-degree assault in which a person \intentionally cause[s] or attempt[s] to cause serious physical injury to another\ is lawful
  • holding that attempted voluntary manslaughter requires intent to kill
  • noting that assault based on use of a firearm is not a lesser-included offense of attempted voluntary manslaughter because it does not require proof of use of a firearm
  • explaining that “multi-purpose criminal statute[s],” like the first-degree-assault statute, contain “alternative elements”
  • “[F]irst degree assault ... requires the specific intent to cause, or attempt to cause, serious physical injury.”

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Judges: Eldridge, Raker, Wilner, Cathell, Harrell, Battaglia, Rodowsky

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