1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Md.
  4. 313 Md.
  5. 313 Md. 690 (1988)
 

IN RE WILLIAM A.

No. 146, September Term, 1986.

313 Md. 690 (1988)

548 A.2d 130

IN RE WILLIAM A.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

October 13, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Burns, Jr., Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender and Arthur A. Delano, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Richard B. Rosenblatt, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., on the brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH, McAULIFFE and ADKINS, JJ.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

This case presents the question of whether the common law infancy defense is applicable in juvenile delinquency proceedings.

On July 6, 1984, the defendant, William A., accompanied his father and uncle to a food warehouse in Baltimore City. There, his father and uncle cut and removed copper piping from the premises. William assisted by carrying various materials from the storage facility. When the police arrived, they observed William's father...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases