State v. Armstrong

GILBERT, Chief Judge.

We have consolidated these two appeals, State v. Armstrong, No. 1756, and State v. Jones, No. 1770, both September Term, 1983, into one opinion because both cases involve the same law, i. e., the subsequent offender statute. Md.Ann.Code art. 27, § 643B. See also former Md.Rule 734. Each case originated in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County; one is concerned with the notice to the defendant of the State’s intent to seek increased punishment of the defendant, and the other concerns the prior incarceration requirement. Failing in its efforts, the State has appealed to…