DICKERSON v. STATE

No. 148, September Term, 1990.

324 Md. 163 (1991)

596 A.2d 648

JAMES E. DICKERSON v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

October 9, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Malloy, Asst. Public Defender, Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, Baltimore, on brief, for petitioner.

M. Jennifer Landis, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief, Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI and ROBERT M. BELL, JJ.


ROBERT M. BELL, Judge.

The issue to be decided in this case is whether dual convictions for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and for use of drug paraphernalia lie when the latter conviction is based solely on the possession of the vial containing the cocaine on which the former conviction is based. The Court of Special Appeals, reasoning that, because they are separate offenses, they do not merge, answered "Yes." We granted the Writ of Certiorari requested...

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