Volume 25 — Maryland Appellate Reports

CRIMINAL LAW — <italic>Plea Negotiations — Breach Of Agreement By</italic><italic>State — Judgment Vacated — Remanded For Further Proceedings —</italic><italic>When A Plea Rests In Any Significant Degree On A Promise Or</italic><italic>Agreement Of Prosecutor So That It Is Part Of Inducement Or</italic><italic>Consideration, Such Promise Must Be Fulfilled; And Interests Of</italic><italic>Justice And Appropriate Recognition Of Duties Of Prosecution Will</italic><italic>Be Best Served By Remanding Case For Further Proceedings — Where</italic><italic>Prosecutor Violates Agreement To Make No Recommendation As To</italic><italic>Sentencing, Accused May At His Option Have Plea Bargain Vacated</italic><italic>Or Elect To Be Resentenced By A Different Judge — Upon Rescission</italic><italic>Of Plea Bargaining Accused Will Have To Plead Anew To All Of</italic><italic>Original Charges, Including Those Nol Prossed — If Prior To</italic><italic>Consummation Of A Plea Bargain Prosecutor Foresees That It Might</italic><italic>Endanger Society, He Has Not Merely Right, But Responsibility, To</italic><italic>Withdraw From Agreement — Upon Record Here, It Is Patent State</italic><italic>Agreed To Abstain From Recommending Sentence In Exchange For A</italic><italic>Negotiated Plea Of Not Guilty And Trial Upon A Factual</italic><italic>Stipulation And Was Breached When State's Attorney Appeared In</italic><italic>Court At Sentencing And Unilaterally Abrogated Assistant State's</italic><italic>Attorney's Agreement With Accused, Rendering Valueless State's</italic><italic>Word And Effectively Eroded Trust In State's Integrity — Better</italic><italic>Practice Is That Record Affirmatively Show Existence Of A Plea</italic><italic>Bargain And Its Term</italic>. pp. 633-637 J.A.R.

DISCOVERY — DEPOSITIONS — <italic>Notice To Take Deposition — Refusal</italic><italic>To Be Deposed — Sanctions — Judicial Discretion — Defendant's</italic><italic>Notice To Take A Deposition For Discovery In Plaintiff's Suit For</italic><italic>False Arrest And Malicious Prosecution Met Requirements Of</italic><italic>Maryland Rule 405 As To Time And Content Of Notice In All</italic><italic>Respects — Where A Deposition Is Being Taken For Purpose Of</italic><italic>Oppression Or Abuse, Court May, On Proper Application, Pass A</italic><italic>Protective Order — Maryland Rule 406 — In Situation Here, Where</italic><italic>Plaintiff Appeared And Refused To Be Deposed His Declination</italic><italic>Constituted A Violation; And Trial Judge Did Not Abuse His</italic><italic>Discretion In Ordering Plaintiff To Pay Reasonable Expenses And</italic><italic>Defendant's Counsel Fees Incurred In Deposition — Maryland Rule</italic><italic>422</italic>. pp. 665-668 J.A.R.