STATE v. COPES

No. 84, September Term, 2016.

165 A.3d 418 (2017)

454 Md. 581

STATE of Maryland v. Robert L. COPES, Jr.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 28, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Robert K. Taylor, Jr. , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Argued by Daniel M. Kobrin , Asst. Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Argued before Barbera, C.J., Greene, Adkins, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, JJ.


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