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Clark v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided April 30, 2020No. 0430/19PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Jamel Clark v. State of Maryland, No. 430, September Term 2019. CRIMINAL LAW > SENTENCTING AND PUNISHMENT REVIEW HARMLESS AND REVERSIBLE ERROR If certain convictions are required to be merged for sentencing purposes, and they are not, the trial court has committed “reversible error,” and as a matter of law, the sentence is illegal. DOUBLE JEOPARDY > SENTENCTING AND PUNISHMENT PROHIBITION OF MULTIPLE PROCEEDINGS OR PUNISHMENTS Fundamentally, the Fifth Amendment guarantee against double jeopardy prohibits both successive prosecutions for the same offense as well as multiple punishment for the…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Gavieres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  4. Morey v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
  5. Newton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. White v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2021
  2. Clark v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2021
  3. Koushall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2022
  4. 110OAG40, Maryland Attorney General Reports2025
  5. Butler v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2022

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