ABDUL-MALEEK v. State

Pursuant to Maryland Code (1974, 2006 Repl.Vol. & 2010 Supp.), § 12-401 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (CJ),1 a criminal defendant convicted in the District Court is entitled to appeal that judgment to the Circuit Court, for a trial de novo. If convicted in the Circuit Court, the sentencing *63judge is not limited by the sentence previously imposed in District Court and “may impose a more severe sentence” so long as the sentence is “authorized by law to be imposed as punishment for the offense.” CJ § 12-702(c).2 Petitioner, Muhammad Abdul-Maleek, was convicted in the District…