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FARRIS v. STATE

No. 5, September Term, 1998.

716 A.2d 237 (1998)

351 Md. 24

Floyd Dale FARRIS, Jr. v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denise Oakes Shaffer, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Annabelle L. Lisic, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

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

RAKER, Judge.

The issue presented in this case is whether the failure to report to the Allegany County Detention Center for weekend service of a prison sentence constitutes the crime of escape as defined by Md.Code (1957, 1996, Repl.Vol., 1997 Supp.) Article 27, § 139.1 Petitioner, Floyd Dale Farris, argues that his failure to report for weekend service of his prison sentence does not constitute the crime of escape. Under the circumstances...

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