State v. Smoot

J. FREDERICK SHARER (Retired, Specially Assigned), J.

Scott Smoot was indicted in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City for possession of a regulated firearm after having been previously convicted of a disqualifying crime, in violation of Md.Code (2003, 2010 Supp.) Public Safety (P.S.) § S-lSSfb). 1 He pleaded guilty to that offense, and the trial court afforded him probation before judgment. The trial court also imposed a two-year period of probation with “[m]inimal supervision.”

The State filed a timely appeal and presents one question for our review, which we have distilled:

Did the trial…