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WATKINS v. DEPT. OF SAFETY

No. 118, Sept. Term, 2002.

831 A.2d 1079 (2003)

377 Md. 34

Glenn WATKINS, John Dillard, & Gerald Fuller, v. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

September 9, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Z. Meehan (David C. Wright, Joseph B. Tetrault and Pauline K. White, on brief), Chestertown, for appellants.

Michael O. Doyle, Assistant Attorney General (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, on brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before BELL, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL and BATTAGLIA, JJ.

BATTAGLIA, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether Division of Correction Directives (hereinafter "DCDs") 100-105, 100-508, and 100-543, governing the security classification of inmates of the Division of Correction (hereinafter the "DOC"), are ex post facto laws and thus violate Article I of the United States Constitution and Article 17 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights. We hold that DCD 100-105, DCD 100-508, and DCD 100-543 do not constitute "laws" within...

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