Chambers v. State

RAKER, Judge.

We granted certiorari to consider whether Maryland Rule 4-327(f)1 requires a trial court, upon request, to instruct the jury that it may recommend that the court show mercy to a criminal defendant. We hold that it does not.

The petitioner, Rymundo Oryley Vernon Chambers, a/k/a Victor Vale, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for *46Worcester County of possession of cocaine and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of Maryland Code (1957, 1992 Repl.Vol., 1993 Cum.Supp.) Art. 27, §§ 287 and 286, respectively. He timely submitted the following proposed…