Maryland § 7-102

§ 7-102.

    (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.