Fuller v. State

BATTAGLIA, Judge.

The ease sub judice presents this Court with the task of determining whether an order denying an inmate commitment to a drug treatment program pursuant to Section 8-507 of the Health-General Article 1 is appealable. Because we hold that it is not, we shall affirm the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals.

I. Introduction

In 1978 and 1979, the Petitioner, Gerald Davis Fuller, was indicted for first-degree murder, first-degree rape, and robbery with a deadly weapon charges. On July 12, 1979, a jury found Fuller guilty of first-degree murder, and he was sentenced to…