Court of Special Appeals of Maryland April 19, 1972, 340, September Term, 1971 (Gover v. State)

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Moylan, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The subtle but vital difference between a general criminal intent and a specific criminal intent has long intrigued academicians and has long perplexed practitioners. Upon that difference hinges the validity of the conviction of the appellant, Walter Franklin Gover, Jr., in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County by Judge John E. Raine, Jr.