ROY SHARONNIE DAVIS, III v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Daily Record Staff//June 28, 2017//

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Criminal law — Sufficiency of the evidence — Second-degree rape and felony murder

In 2004, after a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, appellant, Roy Sharonnie Davis, III, was convicted of second-degree rape and felony murder. Appellant filed an untimely motion for a new trial citing the sufficiency of the evidence, and the circuit court granted leave to file the belated motion. The court, after a hearing, denied the motion. Appellant was then sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for felony murder.

Appellant noted an appeal which was later voluntarily dismissed. In July 2016, the post-conviction court granted appellant the right to file a belated notice of appeal. In this appeal, he presents the following questions for our review: 1. Was the evidence insufficient to sustain the convictions? 2. Did the lower court err in denying the motion for a new trial?

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