128 Md. App. 257 - Cooper v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
40
cited by 40 later decisions
1
states following
January 2014
most recently cited
8 federal appellate · 30 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Vrettos v. Plainfield Post Office · State v. Albrecht · Newton v. State · State v. Gardner
Most-quoted passages
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“A criminal conspiracy consists of the combination of two or more persons to accomplish some unlawful purpose, or to accomplish a lawful purpose by unlawful means. The essence of a criminal conspiracy is an unlawful agreement. The agreement need not be formal or spoken, provided there is a meeting of the minds reflecting a unity of purpose and design. In Maryland, the crime is complete when the unlawful agreement is reached, and no overt act in furtherance of the agreement need be shown.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“We thus have two separate criminal acts for which the Legislature has provided distinct punishments. Appellant presents us with no case law or legislative history suggesting that the Legislature did not intend to punish both of these criminal acts, nor can it be seriously argued that an ambiguity exists when the statutes are applied in tandem. It makes sense that, because the two crimes and penalties address different criminal behavior, separate sentences be imposed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Fenwick v. State
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