SCOTT v. STATE

No. 110, Sept. Term, 1997.

720 A.2d 291 (1998)

351 Md. 667

Ade Yemi SCOTT v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

November 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Doyle Bernhardt, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender; George E. Burns, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for Petitioner.

Celia Anderson Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, for Respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, RAKER, WILNER and CATHELL, JJ.


BELL, Chief Judge.

The sole issue presented by this case is whether, when what is possessed is "50 grams or more of cocaine base, commonly known as `crack,' " § 286(f)(1)(iii), the sentence prescribed by Maryland Code (1957, 1996 Repl.Vol.) Article 27, § 286(b)(1),1 for possession with intent to distribute cocaine as proscribed in Article 27, § 286(a)(1),2 may be enhanced, by both § 286...

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