Rudder v. State

CHARLES E. MOYLAN, JR., J.,

(retired, specially assigned).

One of the law’s ironies is that sometimes the solution to a problem begets a dozen new and unforeseen problems, that sometimes the answer to a question begets a dozen new and unforeseen questions. Thus it may have been with the Legislature’s effort in 1961 to fashion a rational sentencing cap for those convicted of criminal conspiracy.

The appellant, Isiah Michael Rudder, was convicted by a Prince George’s County jury, presided over by Judge Graydon S. McKee, III, of 1) robbery, 2) automobile theft, 3) theft of over $500 in value, 4)…