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AYERS v. STATE

No. 84, September Term, 1993.

335 Md. 602 (1994)

645 A.2d 22

JOHN RANDOLPH AYERS, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 21, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor L. Crawford, Assigned Public Defender, (Wendy Satin, on brief), Rockville (Stephen Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore (Denise Oakes Shaffer, George S. Lemieux, on brief), Washington, DC, for petitioner.

Gary E. Bair, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, BELL and RAKER, JJ.

MURPHY, Chief Judge.

This case involves Maryland's "hate crimes" statute, Maryland Code (1957, 1992 Repl.Vol., 1993 Cum.Supp.) Art. 27, § 470A; subsection (b) thereof makes it a criminal offense to:

"(3) Harass or commit a crime upon a person or damage the real or personal property of: "(i) A person because of that person's race, color, religious beliefs, or national origin...."

Section 470A(c) sets forth penalties for those who violate...

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