BRECKER v. STATE

No. 70, September Term, 1984.

304 Md. 36 (1985)

497 A.2d 479

CHARLES ALLEN BRECKER v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

September 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Colvin, Asst. Public Defender, Baltimore (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, Baltimore, on brief), for appellant.

Diane G. Goldsmith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., Baltimore, on brief), for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ., and EDWARD D. HIGINBOTHOM, Associate Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit (retired), Specially Assigned.


COLE, Judge.

We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether appellant received an illegal sentence and whether a sentencing judge may order a defendant to make restitution and to reimburse the State for court costs and services rendered by the Public Defender without first inquiring into the defendant's ability to do so. In light of the mootness doctrine and Maryland rule 885, we will be unable to address the merits of either contention.

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