STATE v. SAYLES

Nos. 15, 16, & 17, Sept. Term, 2020.

244 A.3d 1139 (2021)

472 Md. 207

STATE of Maryland v. Karon SAYLES State of Maryland v. Bobby Jamar Johnson State of Maryland v. Dalik Daniel Oxely.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Karinna M. Rossi , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Argued by Kristin Tracy , Assigned Public Defender (Law Offices of Thomas M. Donnelly, LLC, Baltimore, MD; Kenneth E. McPherson , Assigned Public Defender, Kenneth E. McPherson, Chtd., Fulton, MD; Rachel Marblestone Kamins , Assistant Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Rachel Marblestone Kamins, Esq. , Assistant Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, Appellate Division, Baltimore, MD, Counsel for Respondent Karon Sayles.

Kristin Tracy, Esq. , Assigned Public Defender, Law Offices of Thomas M. Donnelly, LLC, Baltimore, MD, Counsel for Respondent Bobby Jamar Johnson.

Kenneth E. McPherson, Esq. , Assigned Public Defender, Kenneth E. McPherson, Chtd., Fulton, MD, Counsel for Respondent Dalik Daniel Oxely.

Argued before: Barbera, C.J.; McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Booth and Biran, JJ.


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