STATE v. WHITE

No. 13, Sept.Term, 1997.

702 A.2d 1263 (1997)

348 Md. 179

STATE of Maryland v. Richard Albert WHITE.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 5, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Celia Anderson Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen, on brief), Baltimore, for Petitioner.

John L. Kopolow, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for Respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, RAKER and WILNER, JJ., and ROBERT L. KARWACKI, Judge (retired), Specially Assigned.


WILNER, Judge.

The issue before us is whether the "single larceny doctrine" is alive and well in Maryland under the Consolidated Theft Statute (Maryland Code (1957; 1996 Repl.Vol.) §§ 340—345 of Article 27), enacted by the General Assembly in 1978. The single larceny doctrine addresses the question framed by us 104 years ago in State v. Warren, 77 Md. 121, 122, 26 A. 500 (1893): "Does the stealing of several articles of property at the same...

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