FARMER v. STATE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Jeffrey M. Ross , Asst. Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender of Maryland of Baltimore, MD) on brief for Petitioner.

Argued by Jer Welter , Assistant Attorney General ( Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General of Maryland of Baltimore, MD) on brief for Respondent.

Amici Curie the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, Nathaniel Foster , Calvin McNeill , Kenneth Tucker , Maryland Parole Partnership, Family Support Network, Re-entry Clinic at American University Washington College of Law, Youth, Education and Justice Clinic at the University of Maryland School of Law, and the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth: Deborah Jeon, Esquire , Sonia Kumar, Esquire , Tierney Peprah, Esquire , ACLU of Maryland, 3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 350, Baltimore, MD 21211, Michelle McGeogh, Esquire , Timothy McCormack, Esquire , Maraya Pratt, Esquire , Ballard Spahr LLP, 300 Lombard Street, 18th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202, Lisa Swaminathan, Esquire , 1735 Market Street, 51st Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

Argued before: Getty, C.J., McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Booth, Biran, Gould, JJ.