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Md. Court of Appeals might reconsider ’05 felony-murder decision
Maryland’s top court might reconsider its controversial 2005 decision permitting a first-degree assault to be a predicate offense for second-degree felony murder if the victim dies.
NICHOLAS SKEET JONES v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Jones appeals from his convictions and sentences, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his convictions and that his assault sentences should merge under prevailing constitutional standards.
JOSE SALOMON REYES v. STATE OF MARYLAND
On appeal, Reyes asserts that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his convictions for attempted first-degree sexual offense and first-degree assault
JOHN ANTHONY HALL JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Appellant asks I. Whether the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on cross-racial identification; and, II. Whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain his conviction for first degree assault.
Former NBA player sentenced to 1 year in Edgewater assault
ANNAPOLIS — A former professional basketball player was ordered to spend a year in jail for assaulting his girlfriend’s brother after a cookout in Maryland. Oliver Miller, who played for […]
Poolesville man who drove truck into crowd gets 18 months
FREDERICK — A Poolesville man has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for driving his pickup truck into a crowd at a drag-racing track in Monrovia last June. Twenty-five-year-old […]
Former NBA player pleads guilty to Maryland pistol whipping
ANNAPOLIS — A former professional basketball player has pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend’s brother after a cookout in Maryland. Oliver J. Miller, who played for the Phoenix Suns and […]
Washington lawyer accused of throwing live power line at driver
SILVER SPRING — A Washington lawyer is accused of throwing a live power line at another motorist during a road-rage incident in the wake of Hurricane Irene. Montgomery County police […]
Teen pleads guilty in videotaped beating of transgender woman at McDonald’s
TOWSON — A woman whose beating of a transgender woman at a McDonald’s near Baltimore was captured on video has pleaded guilty to the attack. Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott […]
