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MD Code, Criminal Law, § 3-322
Formerly cited as MD CODE Art. 27, § 554
Formerly Art. 27, § 554.
This section is new language derived without substantive change from former Art. 27, § 554.
In subsection (b) of this section, the phrase “guilty of a misdemeanor” is added to state expressly that which was only implied in the former law. In this State, any crime that was not a felony at common law and has not been declared to be a felony by statute is considered to be a misdemeanor. See State v. Canova, 278 Md. 483, 490 (1976); Bowser v. State, 136 Md. 342, 345 (1920); Dutton v. State, 123 Md. 373, 378 (1914); and Williams v. State, 4 Md. App. 342, 347 (1968).
Also in subsection (b) of this section, the former reference to imprisonment “in jail or in the house of correction” is deleted in light of CS § 9-103, which requires a judge to sentence an individual to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction if the individual is required to be incarcerated at a specific State institution, and CS § 9-105, which provides that a judge only may sentence an individual to a local correctional facility if the individual is sentenced for less than 18 months.
Also in subsection (b) of this section, the former phrase “in the discretion of the court” is deleted as implicit in the establishment of maximum penalties.
In subsection (c) of this section, the reference to a violation being “subject to § 5-106(b) of the Courts Article” is substituted for the former reference to imprisonment “in the penitentiary” for clarity and consistency within this article. See General Revisor's Note to article.
The Criminal Law Article Review Committee notes, for the consideration of the General Assembly, that the revision is not intended in any way to alter the judicial interpretation of this section or to affect the scope of its application to any activity.
Former Art. 27, § 554, related to perverted sexual practices, repealed by Acts 2002, c. 26, § 1.
MD Code, Criminal Law, § 3-322, MD CRIM LAW § 3-322