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YOUNG v. STATE

No. 79, September Term, 1971.

14 Md. App. 538 (1972)

288 A.2d 198

WAYNE STEPHEN YOUNG v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 2, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Mosner for appellant.

Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Milton B. Allen, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, Howard L. Cardin and Arrie W. Davis, Assistant State's Attorneys for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MORTON, ORTH and GILBERT, JJ.

ORTH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

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An inhabitant of the State of Maryland, as a part of the legacy of the common law of England bequeathed him by the People,1 is not responsible for his criminal conduct if he was insane at the time he committed the crime.2 Blackstone in Chapter II of Book the Fourth of his Commentaries on the Laws of England, speaking of persons capable of crimes...

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