SHARP v. STATE

No. 58, September Term, 2015.

133 A.3d 1089 (2016)

446 Md. 669

Justin SHARP v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 25, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allison M. Sayers , Assistant Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore), on brief, for Petitioner.

Michelle M. Martin , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore), on brief, for Respondent.

Argued before: BARBERA, C.J., BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, WATTS and HOTTEN, JJ.


This case concerns the worrisome issue of whether, in imposing a sentence, a trial court impermissibly considered the defendant's election not to plead guilty, and, more specifically, whether the trial court impermissibly considered that the defendant declined the "court's offer" of a plea agreement.

We decide: (I) whether, here...

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