SHANNON v. STATE

No. 46 September Term, 2019.

227 A.3d 220 (2020)

468 Md. 322

Teddy SHANNON, v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Jeffrey M. Ross , Assistant Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent.

Argued by Jessica V. Carter , Assistant Attorney General ( Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief For Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.

Argued before: McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Booth, Biran and Greene, Clayton, Jr. (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.


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