Opinion
No. 77, September Term, 2000.
Filed September 11, 2000.
Circuit Court for Dorchester County; Donald F. Johnson, J.
Bradford C. Peabody, Assistant Public Defender, Baltimore, for Petitioner.
Rachel Marblestone Kamins, Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, for Respondent.
Submitted before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, and HARRELL, JJ.
ORDER
The Court having considered and granted the petition for a writ of certiorari in the above-captioned case, it is this 11th day of September, 2000,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the judgement of the Court of Special Appeals be, and it is hereby summarily reversed in light of Kent v. State 358 Md. 183, 747 A.2d 656 (2000); Johnson v. State, 355 Md. 420, 735 A.2d 1003 (1999); Okon v. State, 346 Md. 249, 696 A.2d 441 (1997); Moton v. State, 339 Md. 407, 663 A.2d 593 (1995); and Parren v. State, 309 Md. 260, 523 A.2d 597 (1987), and the case is remanded to the Court of Special Appeals with directions to reverse the judgement of the Circuit Court for Dorchester County and remand the case to that court for a new trial. Costs in this Court and in the Court of Special Appeals to be paid by Dorchester County.