DERR v. STATE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Mercer, Assigned Public Defender, Rockville, MD (William G. McLain of David A. Clark School of Law, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.), on brief, for appellant.

Robert Taylor, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for appellee.

Prof. Aderson B. Francois, Prof. Josephine Ross, Jamell Hamm, Dorianne Mason, Joy Mukoro, Amanda Zubiate, Prof. Brian Gilmore, Howard University School of Law, Clinic Law Center, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae brief of Bruce A. Jackson, John F. Terzano, The Howard University School of Law Criminal Justice Clinic and Civil Rights Clinic.

Cynthia Boersma, Esq., American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, Teresa Ann Alutto, Esq., Jennifer L. Bragg, Esq., Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae brief of American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS, and JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.