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REPORTED IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 1690 SEPTEMBER TERM, 2000

DEWAYNE A. BOOZE v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Kenney, Adkins, Krauser, JJ.

Opinion by Kenney, J.

Filed: September 7, 2001

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Appellant, Dewayne A. Booze,1 was convicted at a bench trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County of possession with intent to distribute for cocaine. He was also convicted of of

solicitation

prostitution,

malicious

destruction

property, simple possession of cocaine, and two counts of first degree assault. possession sentence. with We are concerned only with the charge of intent to distribute and its corresponding

The facts of the incident leading to the charges

against appellant, which can be found in the opinion resulting from appellant's first appeal, Booze v. State , No. 247,

September Term, 1998 (filed October 16, 1998), are not relevant to our decision in the instant appeal. Appellant presents one question on appeal: Did the trial court err in denying [appellant's] motion to correct an illegal sentence?

We hold that his sentence was not illegal and that the trial court did not err in denying the motion. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Appellant, in an unrelated matter, had pled guilty in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County on August 23, 1994, to possession with intent to distribute cocaine, a violation of Md.

We note that throughout the record and in the briefs appellant is referred to as "Dewayne" but that he writes and signs his own name as "Dwayne."

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-3Code Ann. (1957, 1996 Repl. Vol, 1997 Supp.), Article 27,

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