Grandison v. State

HEADNOTE: Anthony Grandison v. State and Anthony Grandison v. State, Nos. 2039 and 2822, September Term 2014 and 2015 CRIMINAL LAW – ILLEGAL SETENCE – MARYLAND CONSTITUTION – POWERS OF GOVERNOR TO COMMUTE SENTENCE CRIMINAL LAW – ILLEGAL SETENCE – MARYLAND CONSTITUTION – EX POST FACTO CLAUSE – POWERS OF GOVERNOR TO COMMUTE SENTENCE CRIMINAL LAW – ILLEGAL SETENCE – STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – EX POST FACTO CLAUSE – POWERS OF GOVERNOR TO COMMUTE SENTENCE In 1983, Anthony Grandison, appellant, hired Vernon Lee Evans, to murder Scott Piechowicz and his wife, Cheryl Piechowicz, to prevent them from…