1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Md.
  4. 48 Md.
  5. 48 Md. App. 115 (1981)
 

GOINS v. STATE

No. 849, September Term, 1980.

48 Md. App. 115 (1981)

425 A.2d 1374

HENRY JOSEPH GOINS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary W. Christopher, Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Maureen O'Ferrall, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, William R. Hymes, State's Attorney for Howard County, and A. Gallatin Warfield, III, Assistant State's Attorney for Howard County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MOYLAN, MASON and COUCH, JJ.

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

A legal rule is not an end in itself but only a means toward an end. It is a working tool that is designed with a deliberate purpose to help achieve some desired goal. The service of the rule and the service of its animating purpose will, if it is wisely designed, coincide in the vast majority of cases. Because no scheme fashioned by mortals can anticipate the infinite variety...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases