Legal Opinion
Cooksey v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 2, 2000No. 126, Sept. Term, 1999PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILNER, Judge.
The Circuit Court for Charles County dismissed a four-count indictment that charged petitioner with second and third degree sexual offenses and sexual child abuse on the ground that each of the counts was duplicitous. The Court of Special Appeals reversed that judgment, finding no duplicity with respect to the counts charging sexual child abuse and, as to the other counts, that dismissal on the ground of duplicity was premature. The two issues before us are (1) whether a count that charges a person with having committed what, in law, is a single-act sexual offense, on several…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Yates v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- State v. PetrichWashington Supreme Court · 1984
- People v. KeindlNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- United States v. Larry Starks, in No. 74-1966 Appeal of Alonzo Robinson, in No. 74-1947. Appeal of Donald Everett Abney, in No. 74-1967Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Dale Murray, Paul Leahey, Ronald Vanderbosch, Lawrence Tower, and Linton SherlockCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by29 opinions
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