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STATE v. CANOVA

[No. 41, September Term, 1976.]

278 Md. 483 (1976)

365 A.2d 988

STATE OF MARYLAND v. CANOVA

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 15, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce C. Spizler, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellant.

William C. Miller, with whom were James Robert Miller, Harvey B. Steinberg and Richard F. Stefanelli on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ.

ORTH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, J., dissent and ELDRIDGE, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which MURPHY, C.J., concurs at page 500 infra.

The issue for decision in this appeal is whether the Circuit Court for Montgomery County erred in dismissing criminal informations filed against Joseph Canova. The issue concerns the crime of bribery under the law of this State and the sufficiency of the charging documents in light...

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