Opinion ID: 2714951
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Text: robbery, triggers sentencing class that is one class higher than it would otherwise be); 17-A § 1252(2)(A), (5-A)(A)-(C) (class A felony triggers sentence minimum of 9 months to 30 years) Maryland 25 years without parole MD. CODE ANN., CRIM. LAW § 3- 402, § 14-101(a)(9), (c)(1)(i), (2), (3) (second degree robbery equivalent is crime of violence, third crime of violence triggers minimum sentence of 25 years) Massachusetts Life without parole MASS. GEN. LAWS ch. 265, § 21 (maximum sentence allowable for second degree robbery equivalent is life), ch. 279, § 25 (b) (habitual criminal third felony conviction for second degree robbery equivalent triggers maximum sentence allowable by law for the underlying crime, without parole) Michigan None MICH. COMP. LAWS § 750.530 (second degree robbery equivalent triggers maximum sentence of 15 years); § 769.11(1)(a) (third strike offender may be sentenced to twice the maximum for the underlying crime) 6 State v. Witherspoon, No. 88118-9 (Gordon McCloud, J., Concurrence/Dissent)