Legal Opinion
Hopkins v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 19, 1974No. 297, September Term, 1974PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, J.
Gene Pierre Hopkins was indicted by the grand jury for Montgomery County on charges of murder, assault with intent to murder, assault with intent to maim, assault and battery, assault and carrying a dangerous weapon. The indictment grew out of a racially based escapade by three young white men who, for a “lark”, decided on the night of August 18, 1972 to “raise a little hell” with the black people who lived in the Ken-Gar area of Montgomery County. As the three youths drove along Plyers Mill Road they threw firecrackers at the people they saw. The vehicle in which the youths were riding was…
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