Legal Opinion
Butcher v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 22, 2010No. 0620, September Term, 2009PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRodowsky, J.
Here, a series of sentences was imposed at the same time. Each successive sentence was expressly consecutive to the sentence imposed before it. We must decide the effect on the total sentence when one of the sentences that has not yet been served is invalidated.
Background Facts and Procedure
Appellant, Edward Butcher (Butcher), was convicted on multiple charges in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. On April 17, 1996, the court (Ward, J.) sentenced him as follows:
“With respect to Case No. 195102053, Count 1, robbery with a deadly weapon, the verdict of the jury was guilty, the sentence of…
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