Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided August 15, 1991No. 39, September Term, 1989PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELDRIDGE, Judge.
This criminal case presents the question of whether a conviction for assault with intent to murder should merge into a conviction for attempted murder in the first degree when both convictions are based on the same act or acts.
Thomas Emmit Williams was charged in the Circuit Court for Prince Georges County with two counts of attempted murder in the first degree, two counts of assault with intent to murder, tv/o counts of assault with intent to disfigure, one count of arson, two counts of simple assault and one count of causing a burning while perpetrating a crime.
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2Cases cited46 opinions
- Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Simpson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Carawan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
- Newton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
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3Cited by57 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- State v. LancasterCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1993
- Abeokuto v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2006
- Robinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1999
- Lamb v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1992
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