JACKSON v. STATE

No. 96, Sept. Term, 2000.

772 A.2d 273 (2001)

364 Md. 192

Valentino Maurice JACKSON v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy S. Forster, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief) Baltimore, for petitioner.

Steven L. Holcomb, Jr., Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., of Maryland, on brief) Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL and BATTAGLIA, JJ.


CATHELL, Judge.

This case calls into question the appropriateness of comments made by a trial judge during the sentencing phase of a criminal proceeding. On May 5, 1999, following a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Howard County, Valentino Maurice Jackson, petitioner, was convicted of first degree assault, second degree assault, reckless endangerment, and unlawful possession of a short-barreled shotgun. On August 16, 1999, the trial judge imposed a total sentence...

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