Stoddard v. State Merchant v. State

In this case, we address the standard of review applicable to a circuit court’s review of the findings and recommendations of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for the grant or revocation of a conditional release for a “committed person” 1 pursuant to Md.Code (2001, 2008 RepLVol., 2015 Cum.Supp.), §§ 3-114 et seq., of the Criminal Procedure Article (“CP”). The statutory scheme of CP, Title 3: Incompetency and Criminal Responsibility in Criminal Cases was interpreted previously in Byers v. State, 184 Md.App. 499, 966 A.2d 982 (2009).

The case of Dennis Merchant v. State of Maryland is before us…