Maryland · Maryland Code — Criminal Law Article
Md. Code, Crim. Law § 14-102: (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, if a law sets a maximum and a minimum penalty for a crime, the court may impose instead of the minimum penalty a lesser penalty of the same character
What this law says, in plain English
This statute is a procedural rule allowing courts to impose penalties below the statutory minimum when a law sets both maximum and minimum penalties, without affecting fixed maximums or single-penalty crimes.
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