Spitzinger v. State

CHASANOW, Judge.

The defendant Steven Spitzinger was convicted of felony theft of property to the value of $300 or greater under Maryland Code (1957,1992 Repl.Vol.), Article 27, § 342, which carries a statutory maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment. He was sentenced to 12 years for the offense. The issue before the Court is whether the maximum penalty for felony theft must be reduced to 10 years because the jury that convicted Spitzinger of felony theft also acquitted him of robbery with a deadly weapon and simple robbery of the same property, and the maximum penalty for simple robbery…