stating that “[gjeneral statutes ..., which, if given their broadest and most encompassing meaning, give rise to constitutional questions, have regularly been the subject of narrowing constructions so as to avoid the constitutional issues” and providing examples of such cases
How later courts described this case
- stating that “[gjeneral statutes ..., which, if given their broadest and most encompassing meaning, give rise to constitutional questions, have regularly been the subject of narrowing constructions so as to avoid the constitutional issues” and providing examples of such cases
- stating that "[g]eneral statutes ..., which, if given their broadest and most encompassing meaning, give rise to constitutional questions, have regularly been the subject of narrowing constructions so as to avoid the constitutional issues" and providing examples of such cases
- referring to the defendant's being charged with "fellatio, in violation of Art. 27, § 554," and referring to the fact that "cases in this Court have upheld convictions under § 554 based on engaging or attempting to engage in fellatio"
- referring to the defendant being charged with "fellatio, in violation of Art. 27, § 554," and referring to the fact that "cases in this Court have upheld convictions under § 554 based on engaging or attempting to engage in fellatio"
Written by the judges who cited it.
Distinguished
Distinguished by State v. Lancaster, 332 Md. 385 (1993)
The holding in Schochet is inapposite to any issue in the case sub judice.
The opinion
CHASANOW, Judge,
concurring:
I concur in the judgment in this case for the reasons stated by Judge Wilner in his dissenting opinion in Schochet v. State, 75 Md.App. 314 , 541 A.2d 183 (1988).