Johnson v. State

Dana T. Johnson, Jr. v. State of Maryland, No. 9, September Term, 2019. Opinion by Getty, J. CRIMINAL LAW—SENTENCING—CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES—VOLUME POSSESSION The Court of Appeals held that Maryland Code (“Md. Code”) (1957, 2012 Repl. Vol., 2019 Supp.), Criminal Law (“CR”) § 5-612 unambiguously provides the penalty for a violation of the same by stating the mandatory minimum term of imprisonment. Further, informed by the legislative history of Article 27, § 286 and CR § 5-612, the Court held that the maximum allowable term of imprisonment under CR § 5-612 is twenty years. Circuit…