McCULLOUGH v. STATE

No. 1081, Sept. Term, 2016.

168 A.3d 1045 (2017)

233 Md.App. 702

Matthew Timothy McCULLOUGH v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

August 30, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by: Brian Saccenti ( James Johnston , Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, MD, for Appellant.

Argued by: Robert Taylor ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen., on the brief), Baltimore, MD, for Appellee.

Panel: Deborah S. Eyler, Berger, J. Frederick Sharer (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.


This case presents the question whether four consecutive 25-year sentences imposed against a juvenile for nonhomicide crimes constitute cruel and unusual punishment, categorically. More specifically, it causes us to consider whether the United States Supreme Court's holding in Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S...

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