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.