This case requires us to construe Maryland Code (1988, 2006 Repl.Vol.), § 12-702(b) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article ("C.J."). That provision prohibits a court from imposing, following an appeal and remand for a new trial or resentencing, "a sentence more severe than the sentence previously imposed for the offense."
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