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STATE v. WARD

No. 759, September Term, 1975.

31 Md. App. 68 (1976)

354 A.2d 834

STATE OF MARYLAND v. DAVID EDWARD WARD.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 31, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert H. Robinette, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Andrew L. Sonner, State's Attorney for Montgomery County and Ronald G. Scheraga, Assistant State's Attorney for Montgomery County on the brief, for appellant.

Burt M. Kahn, Assigned Public Defender, with whom were Kaplan, Smith, Joseph, Greenwald & Laake on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before ORTH, C.J., and POWERS and LOWE, JJ.

ORTH, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

A decade ago the General Assembly, recognizing the considerable discrepancy in imposing punishment upon conviction of criminal offenses, appreciating the need for reasonable uniformity in sentencing practices, and aware of the problems arising from sentence disparity,1 enacted legislation to alleviate the situation. Chapter 288, Acts 1966, by legislative direction to be implemented by appropriate...

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