RODERICK COLVIN v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Appeals, Dec. 15, 2016, Barbera,
Illegal Sentence – “[O]nly claims sounding in substantive law, not procedural law, may be raised through a Rule 4-345(a) motion”
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Tag Archives: Illegal Sentence
Ray v. State
BASHAWN MONTGOMERY RAY v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Special Appeals, Moylan, Sept. 29, 2016,
Motion to Correct Illegal Sentence- Where defendant’s plea deal explicitly called for a “cap of four years on any executed incarceration,” it was not an illegal sentence subject to Rule 4-345 where the judge sentenced to ten-years with all but four suspended and the defendant did not object for over three years.
Brightwell v. State
DAVID BRIGHTWELL v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Special Appeals, Woodward, Filed July 1, 2015,
Jury Trial – No affirmative response by the jury is necessary to hearken to an announced verdict so long as there is no dissent
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