Savoy v. State

BISHOP, Judge.

After a bench trial in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, appellant, Woodrow Raymond Savoy, was convicted of two counts of manslaughter under Md.Ann.Code art. 27, § 388 (1985 Cum.Supp.) and sentenced to two consecutive five year terms. Appellant asks whether the court erred in imposing two consecutive sentences upon conviction of two counts of manslaughter where the deaths arose out of a single incident of grossly negligent driving.

At trial appellant agreed to proceed on a not guilty statement of facts as to the two counts of manslaughter. Appellant offered no evidence…