4 Md. App. 685 - Beard v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
December 1970
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 2 Md. App. 80 - Boone v. State · 2 Md. App. 692 - Tender v. State · 1 Md. App. 406 - Culver v. State · 3 Md. App. 251 - Baker v. State · 2 Md. App. 61 - Gee v. State
Most-quoted passages
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““The true test [of merger] under the modern doctrine is whether one crime necessarily involves the other. Tender v. State, 2 Md. App. 692 . That is to say, when the facts necessary to prove a lesser offense are essential ingredients in establishing the greater offense, the lesser offense is merged into the greater offense. Dunlap v. State, 1 Md. App. 444 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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