Court of Appeals of Maryland· 12/5/2006

Stoddard v. State

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911 A.2d 1245
395 Md. 653
2006 Md. LEXIS 817

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noting that in Maryland, expungement may be accomplished by “removal to a separate secure area” or by “obliteration”
applying definitions contained in Black’s Law Dictionary to interpret the meaning of the word “incident” as it appears in the Maryland Code
summarizing the discussion of Warren in Cooksey, 359 Md. at 11, 752 A.2d at 611
a statute is ambiguous “when there exist two or more reasonable alternative interpretations of the statute”
“[T]he meaning of the plainest language is controlled by the context in which it appears.” (internal quotation omitted)
“[T]he meaning of the plainest language is controlled by the context in which it appears.” (internal quotation omitted)

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Judges: Bell, Raker, Wilner, Cathell, Harrell, Battaglia, Greene

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