Cutchember v. State

Lance Cutchember v. State of Maryland, No. 39, September Term, 2025; Phillip Antoine Hicks v. State of Maryland, No. 40, September Term, 2025; Opinion by Killough, J. CRIMINAL LAW - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ARTICLE (“CP”) § 1-211 - RETROACTIVITY The Supreme Court of Maryland held that CP § 1-211(c) provides a remedy for a violation of CP § 1-211(a)-(b), and, given the General Assembly’s intent as evidenced by the plain language of the statute, no part of CP § 1-211 could have been violated before its effective date of July 1, 2023. Consequently, the exclusionary remedy in § 1-211(c) does not apply…