State v. Thomas

State of Maryland v. Philip Daniel Thomas No. 73, September Term 2018 Criminal Procedure – Appeal – Authority of Trial Court to Resentence Defendant When Sentence is Subject of Pending Appeal – Mootness. After the defendant was resentenced by the Circuit Court following a remand, he appealed that sentence, contending that the new sentence was illegal. The Court of Special Appeals agreed and issued an opinion to that effect. Before the Court of Special Appeals issued its mandate and before the time for the State to file a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals had expired,…