IVAN POTTS v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Special Appeals, Wright, Dec. 28, 2016,
Merger – Where a prohibited person is convicted of possession of a regulated firearm under PS 5-133(c)(1) and possession of ammunition under PS 5-133.1, the sentences do not merge.
DONALD R. TWIGG v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Appeals, Barbera, Filed March 28, 2016,
Child Sexual Abuse – Merger – Where the charging document does not specify which act constituted sexual abuse, the jury was not asked to specify the underlying act, and there are convictions for multiple crimes which could constitute the predicate, merger is necessary on only one of the possible predicate crimes (the one that carries the greatest maximum sentence)
DANA RUSSELL STALLARD v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Special Appeals, Thieme, Filed Oct. 28, 2015,
CDS – Manufacture – Personal Use Exception – CR 5-603 prohibits manufacture of methamphetamine, even for personal use.