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SLYE v. STATE

No. 1117, September Term, 1978.

42 Md. App. 520 (1979)

401 A.2d 195

HARVEY IGNATIUS SLYE v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 14, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmel Snow, Assigned Public Defender, for appellant.

Diane G. Goldsmith, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, Arthur A. Marshall, Jr., State's Attorney for Prince George's County, and Michael P. Whalen, Assistant State's Attorney for Prince George's County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MORTON, MOORE and COUCH, JJ.

MOORE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal presents an interesting question of merger of criminal offenses: does a grand larceny1 conviction — for which a fifteen-year maximum penalty may be imposed — merge into a shoplifting2 conviction — for which the maximum penalty is three years — or does the latter merge into the former? For the reasons set forth, we hold that...

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