State v. Johnson

In 2007, Respondent, Larry Edward Johnson, filed in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County an application to obtain review by a three-judge panel of his mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years’ incarceration, without the possibility of parole, resulting from his 1992 conviction by that court for daytime housebreaking. After reviewing Johnson’s application, the sentence review panel determined, by order entered on 16 January 2008, that his sentence should remain unchanged. Johnson’s application for leave to appeal the judgment of the panel was granted by the Court of Special Appeals. Johnson’s…