Court of Appeals of Maryland· 6/26/1979

State v. Johnson

Citations

402 A.2d 876
285 Md. 339
1979 Md. LEXIS 235

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holding that a penalty is incurred “at the time of the commission of the offense”
holding that a penalty is incurred \at the time of the commission of the offense\
stating that \a general savings statute preserves penalties imposed under prior law except where a subsequent repealing act manifests the legislative intention to the contrary\
holding that “a statute which affects a matter still in litigation when the statute becomes effective will be applied by a reviewing court even though the statute was not then law when the decision appealed from was handed down, unless the legislature expresses a contrary intent”
law at the time of trial and sentencing is controlling because the general savings clause, Md.Code (2011 Repl. Vol.
“It is a widely recognized principle that the retroactive operation of a statute is disfavored.”

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Judges: Murphy, Smith, Digges, Eldridge, Cole

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