Court of Appeals of Maryland· 6/5/2001

Holbrook v. State

Citations

772 A.2d 1240
364 Md. 354
2001 Md. LEXIS 388

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holding that conviction of reckless endangerment did not merge with conviction of arson, citing “clear legislative intent,” not an anti-merger clause
concluding that arson in Maryland is a specific-intent crime because the Maryland Legislature defined \maliciously\ \as an act done with intent to harm a person or property\ (internal quotation marks omitted)
declining to apply the rule of lenity when there is \clear legislative intent\ that there be multiple punishments
rejecting the claim of merger of reckless endangerment and arson under the rule of lenity where the legislature codified the former offense as one against the person and the latter offense as one against property
dismissed third argument in brief for failure to preserve pursuant to Rule 8-131(b)
dismissed third argument in brief for failure to preserve pursuant to Rule 8-131(b)

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Judges: Bell, Raker, Wilner, Cathell, Harrell, Battaglia, Rodowsky, Lawrence

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