Johnson v. State

Johnson v. State, No. 1330, September Term, 2023. Opinion by Nazarian, J. SENTENCING – RESTITUTION The friend’s fatal overdose was not the “direct result” of the defendant’s conduct of selling drugs to that friend because the friend’s act of taking the drugs was as an intervening event, and a sentence of restitution to cover the friend’s funeral costs is an illegal sentence. Md. Code (2001, 2018 Repl. Vol.), § 11-603(a)(2) of the Criminal Procedure Article. Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County Case No. C-17-CR-17-000290 REPORTED IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF MARYLAND No. 1330 September Term,…