Ray v. State

978 A.2d 736 (2009)

410 Md. 384

John Wesley RAY

v.

STATE of Maryland.

No. 145, September Term, 2008.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 27, 2009.

George E. Burns, Jr., Assistant Public Defender (Nancy S. Forster, Public Defender, of Baltimore), on brief, for appellant.

James E. Williams, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, of Baltimore), on brief, for appellee.

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

BATTAGLIA, J.

In this case, we are asked to interpret the words "extraordinary cause" embedded in Section 3-107 of the Criminal…