Blankenship Sentence Affirmed

On April 20, 2023, a 3-judge panel sitting in Upper Marlboro affirmed the 10-year sentence imposed on Joseph Martin Blankenship for the crime of second degree assault.  Blankenship was convicted in 2021 by a Calvert County jury and sentenced to the maximum possible sentence by Judge Andrew S. Rappaport.  A Maryland appellate court previously upheld Blankenship’s conviction.

 

Blankenship was convicted of the unprovoked attack on a 19-year old victim.  When the victim asked Blankenship to refrain from using profanity in front of children, Blankenship pulled the victim from a car and punched her in the face.  The victim required medical attention.

 

Blankenship is also serving a 10-year consecutive sentence in an unrelated burglary and assault case.