MARYLAND STATE LAW QUESTIONS
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Statutory Crime Law - ✔✔body of law created by acts of the legislature
Max Penalty is set by legislature
Examples: sex offender registry, car jacking
Misdemeanor - ✔✔offenses generally punishable by fine, imprisonment in the
local detention center up to 18 months, or statutorily defined as a misdemeanor
Always always charged in district courts
Statue of limitations: One year and one day to charge
Felony - ✔✔a crime of more serious or grave nature
Generally punishable by imprisonment in division of corrections or statutorily defined as
a felony
Most felonies are charged by way of indictment
Statue of limitations: None in Maryland
Inchoate Crimes - ✔✔"Incomplete crimes"
There is full preparation but crime does not finish or missing an element
,Types of Inchoate Crimes - ✔✔attempt, conspiracy, solicitation
Attempt - ✔✔Was a common law misdemeanor but now many are statutory felonies
EX: attempted robbery, attempted rape, etc
Penalty may not exceed actual crime
Elements of an Attempt - ✔✔Defendant intended to commit a crime
Defendant engaged in substantial step, beyond mere prep, toward commission of a crime
Failure to complete the crime is an element in MD
conspiracy - ✔✔Common law misdemeanor
Penalty may no exceeded that of substantive crime
Crime is complete when the agreement is reached, no overt act is
needed Agreement does not to be explicit
Elements of Conspiracy - ✔✔Agreement with at least one other person (one of whom
can't be a police officer)
Agreement is entered with the intent a crime is to be committed
Drug sells and Prostitution require three or more to be considered conspiracy
Solicitation - ✔✔common law misdemeanor
Penalty may not exceed that of the substantive
crime
Solicitation is in the asking, not in the acceptance or even completion of crime
Elements of Solicitation - ✔✔Defendant urged, advised, induced, encouraged, requested
or commanded another person to commit the crime
, At the time, defendant made oral and written efforts to persaude another person to commit
a crime, the defendant intended the crime to be committed.
The other party does not need to agree, the crime is the request
Parties to a crime - ✔✔Principal: 1st and 2nd degree
Accessory before and after
Accomplice
Principal - ✔✔1st degree: actual perpetrator of the crime
2nd degree: part is present at the crime, aides and abets in the commission of the crime
Both are charged with the main crime
All principals are responsible for the criminal actions of all other principals in planned offense
Subject to max penalties
In MD, only the 1st degree was subject to death penalty
Accessory before the fact - ✔✔Aider and abeter not present during the crime
Responsible for the criminal actions of the principals
Subject to max penalties
Elements of Accessory before the fact - ✔✔Crime was committed by another
Before crime was committed, defendant aided, abetted, counseled or encouraged
the commission of the crime
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Statutory Crime Law - ✔✔body of law created by acts of the legislature
Max Penalty is set by legislature
Examples: sex offender registry, car jacking
Misdemeanor - ✔✔offenses generally punishable by fine, imprisonment in the
local detention center up to 18 months, or statutorily defined as a misdemeanor
Always always charged in district courts
Statue of limitations: One year and one day to charge
Felony - ✔✔a crime of more serious or grave nature
Generally punishable by imprisonment in division of corrections or statutorily defined as
a felony
Most felonies are charged by way of indictment
Statue of limitations: None in Maryland
Inchoate Crimes - ✔✔"Incomplete crimes"
There is full preparation but crime does not finish or missing an element
,Types of Inchoate Crimes - ✔✔attempt, conspiracy, solicitation
Attempt - ✔✔Was a common law misdemeanor but now many are statutory felonies
EX: attempted robbery, attempted rape, etc
Penalty may not exceed actual crime
Elements of an Attempt - ✔✔Defendant intended to commit a crime
Defendant engaged in substantial step, beyond mere prep, toward commission of a crime
Failure to complete the crime is an element in MD
conspiracy - ✔✔Common law misdemeanor
Penalty may no exceeded that of substantive crime
Crime is complete when the agreement is reached, no overt act is
needed Agreement does not to be explicit
Elements of Conspiracy - ✔✔Agreement with at least one other person (one of whom
can't be a police officer)
Agreement is entered with the intent a crime is to be committed
Drug sells and Prostitution require three or more to be considered conspiracy
Solicitation - ✔✔common law misdemeanor
Penalty may not exceed that of the substantive
crime
Solicitation is in the asking, not in the acceptance or even completion of crime
Elements of Solicitation - ✔✔Defendant urged, advised, induced, encouraged, requested
or commanded another person to commit the crime
, At the time, defendant made oral and written efforts to persaude another person to commit
a crime, the defendant intended the crime to be committed.
The other party does not need to agree, the crime is the request
Parties to a crime - ✔✔Principal: 1st and 2nd degree
Accessory before and after
Accomplice
Principal - ✔✔1st degree: actual perpetrator of the crime
2nd degree: part is present at the crime, aides and abets in the commission of the crime
Both are charged with the main crime
All principals are responsible for the criminal actions of all other principals in planned offense
Subject to max penalties
In MD, only the 1st degree was subject to death penalty
Accessory before the fact - ✔✔Aider and abeter not present during the crime
Responsible for the criminal actions of the principals
Subject to max penalties
Elements of Accessory before the fact - ✔✔Crime was committed by another
Before crime was committed, defendant aided, abetted, counseled or encouraged
the commission of the crime
