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STATE v. RUNKLES

No. 95, September Term, 1991.

326 Md. 384 (1992)

605 A.2d 111

STATE OF MARYLAND v. ALLEN FILMORE RUNKLES.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 27, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Ellen Barbera, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

George E. Burns, Jr., Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI and ROBERT M. BELL, and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals (retired), Specially assigned.

CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge, Specially Assigned.

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Several years ago two happenings inflamed the public and gave serious concern to Maryland law enforcement authorities. An Anne Arundel County couple sold their child for $3,500 and three ounces of cocaine. A Pennsylvania couple, through an advertisement in a Baltimore newspaper, offered to place their child for adoption upon payment of compensation.

Maryland Code (1984, 1991 Repl.Vol.) § 5-327...

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