IN RE D.D.

No. 27, Sept. Term, 2021.

277 A.3d 949 (2022)

479 Md. 206

IN RE: D.D.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Derek Simmonsen , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent.

Argued by Michele D. Hall , Asst. Public Defender ( Katherine P. Rasin , Asst. Public Defender and Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.

Argued before: Getty, C.J., McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Booth, Biran, Irma S. Raker (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.


In 2014, the Maryland General Assembly decriminalized possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana. However, the Legislature did not legalize marijuana possession. Rather, possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana currently is a civil offense punishable by fines and other remedies, and possession of more than 10 grams of marijuana...

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