State v. Crawley

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that circuit court acted properly in correcting an illegal sentence by adding a period of probation to sentence originally imposed
• holding that, because a term-of-years sentence for first-degree murder is an inherently illegal sentence, it is subject to correction by adding a period of probation, even where the sentence was imposed under a binding plea agreement
• explaining that the legality of a criminal sentence is reviewed de novo
• “Courts do not possess the authority to impose a sentence that does not comport with a legislatively-mandated sentence[.]” (citing Cathcart v. State, 397 Md. 320, 325 (2007)
• “Courts do not possess the authority to impose a sentence that does not comport with a legislatively-mandated sentence, and any such sentence must be corrected to remedy the illegality.”
• “All forms of first degree murder carry a statutorily-mandated life sentence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2020-02-28· cited 52×
• State v. Schlick
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2019-08-23· cited 14×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2022-06-08· cited 13×
• Farmer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2022-08-26· cited 8×
• Bratt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2020-04-28· cited 3×
• Hughes v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2019-11-07· cited 3×
• Arias-Rivera v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2020-07-02· cited 1×
• Smallwood v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2018-06-04
• Juan Pablo B. v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2021-09-29
• Harris v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2021-07-28
• State v. Williams
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2022-08-31
• Bey v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2023-10-25
• Hamrick v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2024-09-04
• Davis v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-09-03
• Reyes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2025-11-24
• Wharton v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2026-02-25

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State Ex Rel. Sonner v. Shearin
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-10-01· cited 83×
• Cuffley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-10-28· cited 47×
• Holmes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-12-20· cited 31×
• Matthews v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-01-26· cited 29×
• Meyer v. State State v. Rivera
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2015-12-22· cited 25×
• Baines v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-10-28· cited 23×
• Greco v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-06-26· cited 19×
• Cathcart v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-02-09· cited 18×
• Rankin v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2007-04-30· cited 10×
• Cathcart v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2006-06-30· cited 4×
• State v. Crawley
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2016-11-15· cited 1×