Brown, Bottini & Wilson v. State

Randy Morquell Brown, Gianpaolo Bottini & Kitrell B. Wilson v. State of Maryland Misc. No. 30, September Term 2018 Criminal Law – Mandatory Minimum Sentences – Criminal Procedure – Plea Agreements – Binding Plea Agreement. Under Maryland Code, Criminal Law Article (“CR”), §5-609.1, a circuit court has discretion to decide whether or not to modify a mandatory minimum sentence previously imposed under a statute that required such a sentence for repeat drug offenders. A circuit court has such discretion even if the mandatory minimum sentence was imposed as a result of a guilty plea pursuant to a…