Circuit Court for Calvert County Case No. 04-K-80-000134 Argued on: June 2, 2016 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 104 September Term, 2015 STATE OF MARYLAND v. LAWRENCE JOHNSON Barbera, C.J. Greene Adkins McDonald Watts Hotten Battaglia, Lynne A. (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ. PER CURIAM ORDER Filed: June 3, 2016 STATE OF MARYLAND * IN THE * COURT OF APPEALS v. * OF MARYLAND * No. 104 LAWRENCE JOHNSON * September Term, 2015 PER CURIAM ORDER Upon consideration of the papers and pleadings filed in this matter as of the date of oral argument before the Court on June 2, 2016, and the arguments made that day, it is this 3rd day of June, 2016, ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals entered in this case be, and it is hereby, vacated and the case is remanded to that Court with directions to remand the case to the Circuit Court for Calvert County to conduct an evidentiary hearing on Respondent’s Petition for Post Conviction Relief and to make a determination of whether Respondent expressly waived the right to post conviction relief. /s/ Mary Ellen Barbera_ Chief Judge