STATE v. SANMARTIN PRADO

No. 100, Sept. Term, 2015.

141 A.3d 99 (2016)

448 Md. 664

STATE of Maryland v. Juan Carlos SANMARTIN PRADO.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Ann Ince , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioners.

Stephen H. Sacks (Law Office of Stephen H. Sacks, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Paul B. DeWolfe, Esq. , Public Defender, Nadine K. Wettstein, Esq. , Asst. Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, Rockville, MD, for Amicus Curiae brief on behalf of Respondent.

Argued before BARBERA, C.J., GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, WATTS and LAWRENCE F. RODOWSKY (Retired, Specially Assigned), LYNNE A. BATTAGLIA (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


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