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§ 7-102. Rules of construction

MD Crim Law Code § 7-102 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    Conduct described as theft in this part constitutes a single crime and includes the separate crimes formerly known as:

(1)    larceny;

(2)    larceny by trick;

(3)    larceny after trust;

(4)    embezzlement;

(5)    false pretenses;

(6)    shoplifting; and

(7)    receiving stolen property.

(b)    (1)    A person acts “knowingly”:

(i)    with respect to conduct or a circumstance as described by a statute that defines a crime, when the person is aware of the conduct or that the circumstance exists;

(ii)    with respect to the result of conduct as described by a statute that defines a crime, when the person is practically certain that the result will be caused by the person’s conduct; and

(iii)    with respect to a person’s knowledge of the existence of a particular fact, if that knowledge is an element of a crime, when the person is practically certain of the existence of that fact.

(2)    The terms “knowing” and “with knowledge” are construed in the same manner.

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