Bryant v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Petitioner was convicted of distribution of cocaine and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The sentencing judge imposed a twenty-five-year mandatory enhanced sentence without the possibility of parole based on Petitioner’s prior drug convictions. Petitioner appealed, alleging that his sentence was illegal under Maryland Rule 4-345(a). The Court of Appeals affirmed, holding (1) Petitioner waived any challenge to the imposition of his sentence because he failed to object during the sentencing proceeding; and (2) even if the Court were to determine that the issue was preserved, the trial court did not err in imposing an enhanced sentence where the evidence was sufficient for the sentencing judge to conclude that Petitioner committed the qualifying predicate offenses beyond a reasonable doubt.
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