Maryland Statutes
Part I - Theft
Section 7-102 - Rules of Construction

(a)    Conduct described as theft in this part constitutes a single crime and includes the separate crimes formerly known as:
        (1)    larceny;
        (2)    larceny by trick;
        (3)    larceny after trust;
        (4)    embezzlement;
        (5)    false pretenses;
        (6)    shoplifting; and
        (7)    receiving stolen property.
    (b)    (1)    A person acts “knowingly”:
            (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
            (iii)    with respect to a person’s knowledge of the existence of a particular fact, if that knowledge is an element of a crime, when the person is practically certain of the existence of that fact.
        (2)    The terms “knowing” and “with knowledge” are construed in the same manner.

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