Zi Qiang Chen v. State

We issued a writ of certiorari in this case to determine whether Maryland Code (1988, 1997 Repl.Vol.) Section 12-305(a) of the Tax-General Article, which prohibits the possession of unstamped cigarettes, contains a penalty provision, and whether a person must intentionally violate a known legal duty in order to be guilty of willfully transporting unstamped cigarettes in violation of Section 13-1015 of the Tax-General Article. We determine that the penalty provision for possession of unstamped cigarettes in violation of Section 12-305(a) is found in Section 13-1014 of the Tax-General Article.…