PORTER v. STATE

No. 88 Sept. Term, 2016.

166 A.3d 1044 (2017)

455 Md. 220

Karla Louise PORTER v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 7, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Marta K. Kahn , Assigned Public Defender (The Law Office of Marta K. Kahn, LLC, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Argued by Brenda Gruss , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

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


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