Supreme Court of Maryland

Jedlicka v. State

August 26, 2022

Summary

The court held that Jedlicka’s sentence for crimes committed at age sixteen was not unconstitutional. His concurrent sixty-year term, with parole eligibility after twenty-five years, was not a de facto life-without-parole sentence and was not grossly disproportionate, and his life sentence with all but sixty years suspended did not require the individualized sentencing procedure applicable to juvenile life-without-parole sentences. The court affirmed the judgment rejecting his motion to correct an illegal sentence.