TRIGGS v. STATE

No. 118, September Term, 2003.

852 A.2d 114 (2004)

382 Md. 27

David TRIGGS, Jr. v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradford C. Peabody, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), for petitioner.

Shannon E. Avery, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), for respondent.

Kerri L. Ruttenberg, King & Spalding, LLP, Washington, D.C., Joan S. Meier, brief of Amici Curiae Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, House of Ruth Maryland, and the Women's Law Center of Maryland on behalf of respondent.

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


BATTAGLIA, J.

We are called upon in this case to determine whether it was error for the trial judge to impose eighteen consecutive sentences when the defendant was convicted for making eighteen threatening calls to his wife in violation of a protective order requiring that he have "no contact" with his wife. We find no error in the sentence.

I. Introduction

A. Facts

On Sunday morning, September 16, 2001, David Triggs (hereinafter "Petitioner...

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