Maddox v. State

Joshua Maddox v. State of Maryland, No. 990 and 996, September Term, 2019. Opinion by Zarnoch, J. STATUTES – STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – CONSEQUENCES In construing a statute, the court may “consider the consequences resulting from one meaning rather than another, and adopt that construction which avoids an illogical or unreasonable result, or one which is inconsistent with common sense.” Gomez v. Jackson Hewitt, Inc.,

427 Md. 128, 158-59

(2012) (quoting Tucker v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co.,

308 Md. 69, 75

(1986)). CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – EXTENSION OF PROBATION FOR RESTITUTION…