1. (a) Conduct described as theft in this part constitutes a single crime and includes the separate crimes formerly known as:

   1. (1) larceny;
   2. (2) larceny by trick;
   3. (3) larceny after trust;
   4. (4) embezzlement;
   5. (5) false pretenses;
   6. (6) shoplifting; and
   7. (7) receiving stolen property.

2. (b)

   1. (1) A person acts “knowingly”:

      1. (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;
      2. (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
      3. (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. (2) The terms “knowing” and “with knowledge” are construed in the same manner.

Added by Acts 2002, c. 26, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2002.

Formerly Art. 27, §§ 340, 341.