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SPRATT v. STATE

No. 7, September Term, 1988.

315 Md. 680 (1989)

556 A.2d 667

KIP D. SPRATT v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 14, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Doyle Bernhardt, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Ann N. Bosse, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and BLACKWELL, JJ.

BLACKWELL, Judge.

While the crime of malicious destruction of property has been traditionally recognized at common law as one criminal offense,1 Maryland has codified the offense so that for many purposes it is treated as two separate crimes based upon the value of the property destroyed.2 This gradation became effective as of July 1, 1985. Under the new statutory scheme, it is the responsibility of the State...

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