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STATE v. WARD

[No. 66, September Term, 1978.]

284 Md. 189 (1978)

396 A.2d 1041

STATE OF MARYLAND v. JAMES EDWARD WARD

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 21, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen M. Sweeney, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, Arthur A. Marshall, Jr., State's Attorney for Prince George's County, and Richard P. Arnold, Assistant State's Attorney for Prince George's County, on the brief, for appellant.

James P. Salmon, with whom was Hal C.B. Clagett, III on the brief, for appellee.

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

ORTH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

With the common law of England, to which the inhabitants of Maryland are constitutionally entitled, Md. Const., Dec. of Rights, Art. 5, came the doctrine of accessoryship applicable to felonies. Although the common law may be changed by legislative act1 or judicial decision,2 the doctrine has not been altered in this jurisdiction. Maryland is one of the few, if...

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