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OCTOBER TERM, 2005 Syllabus

MARYLAND v. BLAKE certiorari to the court of appeals of maryland No. 04–373. Argued November 1, 2005—Decided November 14, 2005 Certiorari dismissed. Reported below: 381 Md. 218, 849 A. 2d 410.

Kathryn Gr ill Graeff, Assistant Attorney General of Maryland, argued the cause for petitioner. With her on the briefs were J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General, and An­ nabelle L. Lisic and Diane E. Keller, Assistant Attorneys General. James A. Feldman argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Clement, Acting Assistant Attorney General Richter, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, John P. Elwood, and Joel M. Gershowitz. Kenneth W. Ravenell argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Ivan J. Bates, Matthew A. S. Esworthy, and Jeffrey T. Green.* et al. by Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, Barry R. McBee, First Assistant Attorney General, R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor General, Don Clemmer, Deputy Attorney General, and Gena Bunn, Edward L. Marshall, and Fredericka Sargent, Assistant Attorneys General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective jurisdictions as follows: M. Jane Brady of Delaware, Robert J. Spagnoletti of the District of Columbia, Charles J. Crist, Jr., of Florida, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Jim Petro of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, Lawrence E. Long of South Dakota, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, and William Sorrell of Vermont; and for the Criminal Justice Legal Foun­ dation by Kent S. Scheidegger and Charles L. Hobson. Briefs of amici curiae urging afﬁrmance were ﬁled for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by James J. Tomkovicz and Joshua L. Dratel; and for the National Legal Aid and Defender Associa­ tion by Steven B. Duke.
 * Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were ﬁled for the State of Texas