237 Md. App. 527 - Patrick v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “[Mr.] Thomas sold [Mr. Matrey] four bags of heroin. Later, at another time, in another place, [Mr. Matrey] injected himself with an amount of heroin that he chose. He used it in conjunction with alcohol, which may have intensified the effect.”

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

2. “[i]t is not impossible to imagine scenarios in which there will be a sufficient causal connection between the sale of heroin and the victim's death to satisfy this element of ... involuntary manslaughter.”

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

3. “did not procure or inject the drugs that caused the death of the victim, nor did he place her in a location that made her less likely to obtain medical assistance[ ]”

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