Ali v. Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services

Opinion by

Woodward, J.

Jamil Ali, appellant, was an inmate serving a five-year term of confinement with the Maryland Division of Correction (“DOC”) for armed robbery and a concurrent five-year term for use of a handgun in a crime of violence, the latter without the possibility of parole. 1 The DOC commitment staff determined that appellant was ineligible for release on mandatory supervision, because his use of a handgun conviction rendered him ineligible for parole during his term of confinement. See Md. Code (1999, 2008 Repl. VoL, 2016 Supp.), § 7-501(b) of the Correctional Services Article…