Opinion
No. 13, Sept. Term, 2020
11-20-2020
STATE of Maryland v. Nathan Joseph JOHNSON
Argued by Carrie J. Williams, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Brian E. Frosh, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner Argued by Matthew W. Lachman, Assigned Public Defender (Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC; Paul B. DeWolfe, Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent
Argued by Carrie J. Williams, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Brian E. Frosh, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner
Argued by Matthew W. Lachman, Assigned Public Defender (Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC; Paul B. DeWolfe, Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent
Argued before: Barbera, C.J., McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Booth, Biran, JJ.
PER CURIAM ORDER WHEREAS , the petition for writ of certiorari in the above-entitled case having been granted and argued, and
WHEREAS , following argument, the Court having issued an Order on November 10, 2020, remanding the case to the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, without affirming or reversing, for a clarification of the basis of that Court's April 14, 2020 decision in denying Respondent's motion for reconsideration in Case No. CSA-REG-0109-2018, and
WHEREAS , on November 18, 2020, the Court of Special Appeals issued an Opinion clarifying the basis for its decision declining to exercise its discretion to remand this case for resentencing and, as a result, denying the State of Maryland's motion to reconsider, and
WHEREAS , upon consideration of the Court of Special Appeals’ Opinion, it appears that the writ of certiorari was improvidently granted, it is therefore this 20th day of November, 2020,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the writ of certiorari be, and it is hereby, dismissed with costs, the petition having been improvidently granted.