Price v. State

(Retired, Specially Assigned).

In this criminal case, we granted the defendant’s petition for a writ of certiorari to re-examine the Maryland common law principle that inconsistent jury verdicts are normally permissible in criminal jury trials. We also granted the State’s petition for a writ of certiorari which presented the issue of whether Maryland Code (2002), § 5-905 of the Criminal Law Article, authorizes the enhancement of sentences for multiple counts arising from the same criminal transaction.

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The State’s evidence at the trial can be summarized briefly as follows. On November 20, 2002,…