Fitzgerald v. State

864 A.2d 1006 (2004)

384 Md. 484

Matthew Thomas FITZGERALD

v.

STATE of Maryland.

No. 8, September Term, 2004.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 10, 2004.

Reconsideration Denied February 3, 2005.

Mark Colvin, Asst. Public Defender (Nancy S. Forster, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for Petitioner.

Kathryn Grill Graeff, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. of MD, on brief), Baltimore, for Respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and GREENE, JJ.

RAKER, Judge.

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