Legal Opinion
Mason v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 6, 1985No. 53, September Term, 1984PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLE, Judge.
The issue we must decide in this case is whether the double jeopardy protection against successive prosecutions for the same offense bars the appellant’s conviction of conspiracy to distribute controlled dangerous substances (CDS).
The facts are not in dispute. On September 16, 1982, Cornelius B. Mason was charged in Baltimore County under two criminal informations (82-CR-3029 and 82-CR-3030) with various CDS offenses that occurred on August 13 and 14, 1982. Criminal information 82-CR-3029, which contained four counts, charged Mason with the following offenses that allegedly…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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