Legal Opinion
Opert v. Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 11, 2008No. 67, Sept. Term, 2007PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALAN M. WILNER, Judge,
Retired, specially assigned.
The issue before us is whether petitioner, Jeffrey Opert, was the victim of a “crime,” as that term is defined in the law relating to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act (Maryland Code, § ll-801(d) of the Criminal Procedure Article). The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, and the Court of Special Appeals held that he was not. We disagree with that conclusion and shall direct a remand to the Board for further proceedings.
BACKGROUND
The Criminal Injuries Compensation law, now codified in §§ 11-801…
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