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Jennings v. State

Citations

  • 339 Md. 675
  • 664 A.2d 903
  • 1995 Md. LEXIS 126

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • contrasting impermissible and permissible uses of “acceptance of responsibility” as the “first step in rehabilitation”
  • \[A] trial court may not punish a defendant for invoking his right to plead not guilty and putting the State to its burden of proof for protesting his innocence.\
  • the sentencing court has broad discretion to impose sentences, except those that are cruel and unusual, unconstitutional, motivated by ill-will or prejudice, or “that exceed statutory limitations”
  • reaffirming the “explicit reference” standard applied in prior precedent

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Judges: Bell, Raker

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