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Hawkins v. State

Citations

  • 486 A.2d 179
  • 302 Md. 143
  • 1985 Md. LEXIS 525

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  • remarking that punishment under repeat offender statutes “is only for the new crime, being greater where the defendant habitually commits crimes”
  • for punishment purposes the legislature may require courts to consider the persistence of the accused in pursuing a criminal course of conduct when imposing sentence
  • discussing habitual criminal statutes in other states

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Judges: Murphy, Smith, Eldridge, Cole, Rodowsky, Couch, Menchine

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