Legal Opinion
Collins v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided August 4, 2003No. 70, Sept. Term, 2002PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILNER, Judge.
Following a trial in the Circuit Court for Talbot County, which he chose not to attend, petitioner, Michael Collins, was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and hindering a police officer in the performance of his duties. With two prior felony convictions under the Controlled Dangerous Substance laws, Collins was sentenced as a recidivist offender to 25 years without parole for the drug violation and was given a concurrent sentence of one day for the hindering. After that judgment was affirmed by the Court of Special Appeals, we granted certiorari to…
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