102 Md. App. 246 - Mendes v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “Thus, the failure to sentence under the second and fourth counts was tantamount to a suspension of sentence on those counts, and in such a case, the appellant had the right to appeal from the convictions under counts two and four, as well as from the conviction and sentence under count six.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 140 Md. App. 48 - Ridgeway v. State · Ridgeway v. State

2. “Under Sayre and under the amended rule, the Court has allowed a limited opportunity to correct an evident mispronouncement; it has, for that purpose alone, extended the duration of the `imposition' for a brief period beyond the conclusion of the immediate pronouncement until the defendant has left the courtroom.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 140 Md. App. 48 - Ridgeway v. State

3. “Here, of course, [unlike in Fabian ] there is no basis for an inference that the court ever intended to suspend sentence on Count III.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 140 Md. App. 48 - Ridgeway v. State