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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 26
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box, turnstile, vending machine, or other mechanical or electronic device or
receptacle" for brevity.
The reference to a "specified payment" is substituted for the former
reference to "a coin, or bill, or a token made to be received by the machine"
for brevity.
The reference to the receipt of the specified payment by the device "in
exchange" for property or service is substituted for the former reference to
the requirement that the vending device, "in return for the insertion or
deposit" of the payment, render some property or service for clarity.
The requirement that the device provide or allow "a person" to acquire the
designated property or service is added for clarity.
The former reference to acquiring "some" property or service is deleted as
surplusage.
Defined term: "Person" § 1-101
7-102. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
(A) INTERPRETATION OF PART.
CONDUCT DESCRIBED AS THEFT IN THIS PART CONSTITUTES A SINGLE CRIME
AND INCLUDES THE SEPARATE CRIMES FORMERLY KNOWN AS:
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LARCENY;
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LARCENY BY TRICK;
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LARCENY AFTER TRUST;
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EMBEZZLEMENT;
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FALSE PRETENSES;
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SHOPLIFTING; AND
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RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY.
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KNOWING CONDUCT.
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A PERSON ACTS "KNOWINGLY":
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(I) WITH RESPECT TO CONDUCT OR A CIRCUMSTANCE AS
DESCRIBED BY A STATUTE THAT DEFINES A CRIME, WHEN THE PERSON IS AWARE OF
THE CONDUCT OR THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCE EXISTS;
(II) WITH RESPECT TO THE RESULT OF CONDUCT AS DESCRIBED BY
A STATUTE THAT DEFINES A CRIME, WHEN THE PERSON IS PRACTICALLY CERTAIN
THAT THE RESULT WILL BE CAUSED BY THE PERSON'S CONDUCT; AND
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