87 Md. App. 195 - Hawkins v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “An accessory after the fact is a person who, with knowledge that a crime has been committed, assists the offender with the intent to hinder or prevent the offender’s arrest, prosecution, or trial. In order to convict the defendant, the State must prove: one, that the crime of murder has been committed; two, that the defendant knew that the crime of murder had been committed; three, that the defendant gave assistance to the person who committed the crime; and four, that the defendant did so with the intent to hinder or prevent that person’s arrest, prosecution or trial.”

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

2. “[t]he inconsistency between murder and accessory after the fact to murder lies in the fact that one cannot simultaneously be both “the person who committed the crime” and someone other than that person.”

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

3. “Did the trial court err in denying a motion for mistrial when two experienced police officers testified in a manner that permitted the jury to infer that Hawkins had taken and failed a polygraph test?”

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