Legal Opinion
Curran v. Price
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 14, 1994No. 76, September Term, 1993PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Chief Judge.
This case focuses upon Maryland’s so-called “Son of Sam” statute, Maryland Code (1957, 1992 Repl.Vol. and 1993 Cum. Supp.) Art. 27, § 764, which was enacted to prevent criminals from profiting from their own crimes through “notoriety of crimes contracts,” defined in § 764(a)(5) as a contract with respect to
“(i) The reenactment of a crime by way of a movie, book, magazine article, tape recording, phonograph record, radio or television presentation, or live entertainment of any kind;
“(ii) The expression of the defendant’s thoughts, feelings, opinions, or emotions regarding a…
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