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Ch. 288
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(3) The value of a trade secret which does not have a readily
ascertainable market value shall be deemed any reasonable value representing the
damage to the owner suffered by reason of losing an advantage over those who do not
know of or use the trade secret.
(4) When it cannot be determined if the value of the property or service is
more or less than [$300] $500 by the standards set forth in this subsection, its value
shall be determined to be an amount less than [$300] $500.
(5) When theft is committed in violation of this subheading pursuant to
one scheme or continuing course of conduct, whether from the same or several
sources, the conduct may be considered as one offense and the value of the property or
services aggregated in determining whether the theft is a felony or a misdemeanor.
342.
(f) (1) A person convicted of theft where the property or services that was
the subject of the theft has a value of [$300] $500 or greater is guilty of a felony and
shall restore the property taken to the owner or pay him the value of the property or
services, and be fined not more than $1,000, or be imprisoned for not more than 15
years, or be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court.
(2) A person convicted of theft where the property or services that was
the subject of the theft has a value of less than [$300] $500 is guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall restore the property taken to the owner or pay him the value of the property
or services, and be fined not more than $500, or be imprisoned for not more than 18
months, or be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court; however, all
actions or prosecutions for theft where the property or services that was the subject of
the theft has a value of less than [$300] $500 shall be commenced within 2 years after
the commission of the offense.
372.
"Machine gun" as used in this subtitle, means a weapon, of any description, by
whatever name known, loaded or unloaded, from which more than one shot or bullet
may be automatically discharged from a magazine, by a single function of the firing
device.
"Crime of violence" applies to and includes any of the following crimes or an
attempt to commit any of the same, namely, murder of any degree, manslaughter,
kidnapping, rape in any degree, assault in the first degree, robbery UNDER § 486, § 487,
OR § 488 OR § 487 OF THIS ARTICLE, burglary in any degree, escape in the first degree,
and theft.
"Person" applies to and includes firm, partnership, association, or corporation.
410.
All murder which shall be committed in the perpetration of, or attempt to
perpetrate, any rape in any degree, sexual offense in the first or second degree,
sodomy, mayhem, robbery UNDER § 486, § 487, OR § 488 OR § 487 OF THIS ARTICLE,
carjacking or armed carjacking, burglary in the first, second, or third degree, a
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