Beshears v. Wickes

CHASANOW, Judge.

We' are once again called upon to determine the effect of a 1992 amendment to Maryland Code (1957,1996 Repl.Vol., 1997 Supp.), Article 27, § 700, 1 the Maryland statute governing the calculation of diminution credits for inmates in Maryland. Specifically, this case presents the issue of whether an inmate who served time for a violent offense prior to 1992 and who was then released on mandatory supervision pursuant to the application of diminution credits may, upon re-incarceration for a subsequent nonviolent offense, take advantage of a 1992 increase in the number of…