TWIGG v. STATE

No. 3, Sept. Term, 2015.

133 A.3d 1125 (2016)

447 Md. 1

Donald R. TWIGG v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 28, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter F. Rose , Asst. Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for petitioner/cross-respondent.

Sarah Page Pritzlaff , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for respondent/cross-petitioner.

Argued before BARBERA, C.J., BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, WATTS, and GLENN T. HARRELL, JR. (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


This case presents several issues relating to merger of sentences in criminal cases under the "required evidence test" of Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299, 52 S.Ct. 180, 76 L.Ed. 306 (1932). The issues have their genesis in Petitioner Donald R. Twigg's conviction of child abuse, second...

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