In Re Antoine M.

This case presents the procedural issue of whether Maryland Rule 4-324(a) has any application to juvenile delinquency trials.1 The case also presents substantive issues concerning the requisite mens rea under the Maryland statute prohibiting “wanton trespass upon private land.”2

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Antoine M., who was 16 years old, was charged, by a juvenile petition filed in the Circuit Court for Washington County, with trespass and malicious destruction of property. The juvenile charges were based upon an incident which occurred on August 26, 2002. On that date, Antoine M. allegedly trespassed upon property…