Bowers v. State

Following a guilty plea in the Circuit Court for Somerset County on March 13, 2013, appellant, Jonathan Eugene Bowers, was sentenced to 10 years’ incarceration for one count of involuntary manslaughter. 1 On December 10, 2014, Bowers filed a motion to correct an illegal sentence pursuant to Md. Rule 4-345 arguing that because the manslaughter sentencing statute, Md.Code (2002, 2012, RepLVol.), Criminal Law Article (“CR”) § 2-207, is ambiguous, he is subject to the rule of lenity which requires that CR § 2-207 be read in his favor. In this case, Bowers asserts that CR § 2-207 should be read as…