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DAWKINS v. STATE

No. 1, September Term, 1987.

313 Md. 638 (1988)

547 A.2d 1041

LEONARD C. DAWKINS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

October 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Kopolow, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

John S. Bainbridge, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on the brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE and ADKINS, JJ., and JAMES F. COUCH, Jr., Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland (retired) Specially Assigned.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether "knowledge" is an element of the offenses of possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession of controlled paraphernalia under Maryland Code (1957, 1987 Repl.Vol.), Art. 27, § 287(a) and (d).1

I.

The defendant, Leonard C. Dawkins, was arrested in a hotel room in Baltimore City and charged with possession of heroin and possession of controlled paraphernalia...

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