159 Md. App. 225 - Dabney v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
3
states following
September 2017
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. McKnight · Warfield v. State · 93 Md. App. 422 - Lamb v. State · 153 Md. App. 480 - Morris v. State · Townes v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“The gravamen of the offense is the breaking and entering of the dwelling of another. To be convicted of statutory breaking and entering, as is evident from the legislative intent of the bill, no intent to commit a felony or to steal personal property need be shown. The misdemeanor crime of statutory breaking and entering, therefore, is a nebulous one as it relates to the intent of the perpetrator, since no showing of any particular intent is required ... All that must be shown is that the perpetrator broke and entered a dwelling place of another.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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