Ridgeway v. State

BATTAGLIA, Judge.

We are tasked to clarify the scope of authority that Maryland Rule 4-345 vests in the trial court to correct illegal sentences. The petitioner, convicted of two counts of first degree assault and three counts of reckless endangerment, was initially (and erroneously) sentenced for five counts of first degree assault. Having been advised of the error, the *167trial judge recalled the parties, vacated the sentences for three of the first-degree assault charges and imposed sentences for three reckless endangerment counts. The petitioner requests that this Court consider whether the…