NORMAN v. STATE

No. 56, Sept. Term, 2016

156 A.3d 940 (2017)

452 Md. 373

Joseph NORMAN, Jr. v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 27, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allison Pierce Brasseaux , Assistant Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender of Maryland of Baltimore, MD), on brief, for petitioner.

Daniel J. Jawor , Assistant Attorney General ( Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General of Maryland of Baltimore, MD), on brief, for respondent.

Barbera, C.J., Greene, Adkins, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, JJ.


In 2014, the General Assembly decriminalized the possession of less than ten grams of marijuana, and reclassified such possession a "civil offense" rather than a misdemeanor. See 2014 Md. Laws. 1119, 1124 (Vol. II, Ch. 158, S.B. 364); Md. Code Ann., Crim. Law (2002, 2012 Repl. Vol., 2014 Supp.) § 5-601(c)(2...

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