WALLACE v. STATE, 320 Md. 693 (1990)

579 A.2d 1184

ERIC JAMES WALLACE v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

No. 88, September Term, 1990.Court of Appeals of Maryland.
October 1, 1990.

Certiorari to Court of Special Appeals (Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County; Robert S. Heller, Jr., Judge).

Michael R. Malloy, Asst. Public Defender, Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, Baltimore, for petitioner.

Mary Ellen Barbera, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baltimore, for respondent.

Submitted to MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE and CHASANOW, JJ.

ORDER
PER CURIAM.

The Court having considered and granted the petition for a writ of certiorari in the above captioned case, it is this 1st day of October, 1990

ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals be, and it is hereby, reversed in part and the case is remanded to that court with instructions to vacate the conviction of distribution of marijuana. See State v. Owens, 320 Md. 682, 579 A.2d 766 (1990). Costs in the Court of Special Appeals to be paid one-half by the Petitioner and one-half by Anne Arundel County. Costs in this Court to be paid by Anne Arundel County.

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