
    CLAUDIE WEST, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND
    [No. 57,
    September Term, 1983.]
    
      Decided August 9, 1983.
    
    Cause was submitted to Murphy, C. J., and Smith, Eldridge, Cole, Davidson, Rodowsky and Couch, JJ.
   Per Curiam:

We granted certiorari in this case to consider the single question of whether the trial court erred in imposing a mandatory sentence upon the petitioner pursuant to the provision of Maryland Code (1957, 1976 Repl. Vol., 1980 Cum. Supp.), Art. 27, § 643B (c).

For the reasons stated in Raiford v. State, 296 Md. 289, 462 A.2d 1192 (1983) sentence in this case must be vacated and the case remanded for a new sentencing hearing.

Sentence vacated and case remanded to the Court of Special Appeals with instructions to remand to the Circuit Court for Baltimore City for a new sentencing hearing.

Costs to be paid by Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.  