Smith v. State

999 A.2d 986 (2010)

415 Md. 174

Clavon SMITH

v.

STATE of Maryland.

No. 105, September Term, 2009.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 23, 2010.

George E. Burns, Jr., Asst. Public Defender (Elizabeth L. Julian, Acting Public Defender, of Baltimore, MD), on brief, for petitioner.

Sharon Stanley Street, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, of Baltimore, MD), on brief, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS and BARBERA, JJ.

HARRELL, J.

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