Scott v. State

This case comes to us from a judgment of the Court of Special Appeals affirming the Circuit Court for Baltimore City’s denial of Martin Scott’s motion to correct an illegal sentence. We must consider whether the Court of Special Appeals erred when it used the doctrine of law of the case to give preclusive effect to a Circuit Court order denying Scott’s motion to correct an illegal sentence. Moreover, we must decide whether Scott’s sentence was illegal under Maryland Rule 4-345 because his commitment records were corrected without a hearing and in such a way as to allegedly increase his…