Wright v. State

RAKER, Judge.. In this case, we are asked to determine whether Maryland has jurisdiction to prosecute the petitioner for theft where there is no evidence that the conversion occurred in Maryland. We answer in the affirmative and affirm, on different grounds, the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals.

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Petitioner Hughes Eugene Wright, a truck driver employed by the Wheatley Trucking Company in Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, left the company lot in a company tractor-trailer on May 7, 1992. He was scheduled to deliver a load to New Jersey, pick up another load and deliver it to…