Hemming v. State

Jonathan Hemming v. State of Maryland, No. 48, September Term, 2019. Opinion by Greene, J. CRIMINAL LAW — JOINT OR SEPARATE TRIAL OF SEPARATE CHARGES — BIFURCATION The Court of Appeals held, as a matter of law, that the trial court did not have discretion under Maryland Rule 4-253(c) to bifurcate the possession of a regulated firearm by a prohibited person counts from the remaining counts of the indictment—with the counts being decided by different factfinders within a single trial. CRIMINAL LAW — JOINT OR SEPARATE TRIAL OF SEPARATE CHARGES — BIFURCATION The Court of Appeals held that a trial…