Hanson v. Hughes

Md. Code art. 41, § 122 (a) makes it the duty of the Maryland Parole Commission to request its administrative arm, the Division of Parole and Probation, "to make such investigation as may enable the Commission to determine the advisability of granting parole to persons sentenced to a term of 90 days or more under the laws of this State ... whenever the prisoner shall have served in confinement one fourth of the term or consecutive terms.”

Section 122 (b) of art. 41, however, provides that:

"No person who has been sentenced to life imprisonment shall be eligible for parole consideration until he…