Kent v. State

The principal issue in this appeal from the Criminal Court of Baltimore concerns the manner in which the sentences were imposed.

On May 4, 1979, the defendant-appellant, following plea negotiations, entered guilty pleas to charges of assault, malicious destruction of property, and failure to stop a motor vehicle after an accident involving damage to another’s property. These three charge^, as well as several others which were nolle prossed as part of the plea bargain, arose out of the same circumstances. The trial judge deferred sentencing until the following month in order to obtain a…