Ingram v. State

Ask, and it will be given to you....

Matthew 7:7 (King James).

and

MD. CODE, CRIM. PROC. § 11-603(b)(1).

vs.

Even if you don't ask, "sometimes you get what you need."

THE ROLLING STONES , You Can't Always Get What You Want , LET IT BLEED album

(Decca Records 1969).

and

MD. CODE, CRIM. LAW § 7-104(g)(1)(i)(2).

We are called upon here to construe (based on purely secular legal principles) assertedly opposing statutory provisions of the Maryland Code regarding court-ordered restitution in theft cases. Petitioner, Philip Ingram Jr. ("Ingram"), urges us to find that orders of restitution in all criminal…