133 Md. App. 245 - Holbrook v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “There is no significant dispute about the facts in this case. In 1998, Alisha Collins leased a residence at 230 Ohio Avenue in Salisbury, Maryland. Between April and May of that year, nine people lived there: Alisha Collins, her husband, and their three-year old daughter; Alisha Collins’s mother and her six-year old twins; Alisha Collins’s aunt, DeKota Collins, and her three-year old daughter; and, Mr. Holbrook, who was DeKota Collins’s boyfriend. Mr. Holbrook resided at the home for several months and contributed to the rent. DeKota Collins was the representative payee for Mr. Holbrook’s social security payments. On May 1, 1998, Mr. Holbrook and DeKota Collins had an argument over his money during which he made a menacing gesture toward her with a screwdriver. Alisha Collins called the police. The responding officer told Mr. Holbrook that he would have to leave and not to return to the premises. The officer stayed while Mr. Holbrook removed all of his belongings. Alisha Collins testified at trial that Mr. Holbrook was “really mad.” About an hour after leaving the premises, Mr. Holbrook returned and asked to speak to DeKota. She told him, “Reggie, I don’t want you no more. I just want you to leave me alone and don’t come back here no more.” Mr. Hol brook sat on the porch and cried. About one hour later, Alisha Collins and her husband left the premises with Mr. Holbrook. The three shared a cab ride, during which Mr. Holbrook repeatedly said “I’m going to get all of you.” On Ma”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Holbrook v. State

2. “is that which is minimally necessary to secure a conviction for each ... offense. If each offense requires proof of a fact that the other does not, or in other words, if each offense contains an element which the other does not, the offenses are not the same for double jeopardy [and merger] purposes, even though arising from the same conduct or episode. But, where only one offense requires proof of an additional fact, so that all elements of one offense are present in the other, the offenses are deemed to be the same for double jeopardy [and merger] purposes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Holbrook v. State

3. “Generally speaking, amendments that have been deemed to be merely changes of form have been such things as a clerical correction with respect to the name of a defendant, the substitution of one name for another as a robbery victim, a change in the description of money, changing the name of the owner of property in a theft case, and changing the date of the offense. An amendment as to substance, by contrast, would change the very character of the offense charged.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 221 Md. App. 100 - Coryea Dominique Webster v. State