JONES v. STATE

No. 93, Sept. Term, 1999.

765 A.2d 127 (2001)

362 Md. 331

Lanol Williams JONES v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 9, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel H. Weiss, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Rachel Marblestone Kamins, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Md., on briefs), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL and HARRELL, JJ.


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

The sole question presented by this case concerns the interpretation of Maryland Code (1957, 1996 Repl.Vol.), Art. 27, § 150, which makes it a misdemeanor to "make a false statement, report or complaint" to a police officer, "knowing the same ... to be false and with intent to deceive and with intent to cause an investigation or other action to be taken as a result thereof."

On December 14, 1997, the Police Department of the City of Salisbury...

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