MERCHANT v. STATE

Misc. Nos. 16, 81, Sept. Term, 2015.

136 A.3d 843 (2016)

448 Md. 75

Dennis MERCHANT, v. STATE of Maryland. Marshall Tyrone Stoddard, v. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tamara D. Sanders , Assistant Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellants.

Matthew J. Fader and Robert Taylor, Jr. , Asst. Attys. Gen. ( Julia Doyle Bernhardt , Kathleen A. Ellis , Asst. Attys. Gen., Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellee in 81, Sept. Term, 2015.

Matthew J. Fader and Robert Taylor , Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen. ( Julia Doyle Bernhardt , Kathleen A. Morse , Asst. Attys. Gen., Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellee in 16, Sept. Term, 2015.

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


In this case, we address the standard of review applicable to a circuit court's review of the findings and recommendations of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for the grant or revocation of a conditional release for a "committed person"1 pursuant to Md.Code (2001, 2008 Repl.Vol., 2015 Cum. Supp.), §...

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