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.

Tagged with: criminal procedure first-degree assault merger of sentences Nazarian Prince George's County second-degree assault Sept. Term 2014 sufficiency of the evidence

1. Does appellant’s commitment order correctly reflect the sentence imposed by the trial court? 2. Was the evidence sufficient to support appellant’s conviction for second degree assault? 3. Did the trial court abuse its discretion in declining to ask appellant’s requested voir dire questions?

Tagged with: criminal law criminal procedure Graeff queen annes county second-degree assault Sept. Term 2013 Sufficiency of evidence voir dire

I. Was the evidence legally sufficient to sustain the convictions for second-degree assault and reckless endangerment of Jessica Pettner? II. Did the trial court err by not merging for sentencing the conviction for second-degree assault of Jessica Pettner into the conviction for reckless endangerment of Jessica Pettner?

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1. Was the evidence sufficient to sustain the conviction? 2. In the alternative, did trial counsel’s failure to preserve the sufficiency issue for appellate review amount to ineffective assistance of counsel?

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Was the evidence sufficient to support second-degree assault convictions where one witness was a child with sensory issues and the other witness was the child's mother, who had acknowledged substantial animus toward Appellant?

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Prosecutors are not seeking jail time for a former member of an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood watch group convicted in the beating of a black teenager. Twenty-four-year-old Eliyahu Werdesheim faces sentencing Wednesday for second-degree assault and false imprisonment. His 22-year-old brother, ...

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The victim in a case against two brothers accused of beating him refused to testify Wednesday. Corey Ausby, 16, said he did not want to testify against defendants Eliyahu and Avi Werdesheim. He told the court, “I feel in my ...

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CUMBERLAND — Prosecutors have dropped assault charges against a Maryland correctional officer for an incident in which an inmate was injured at the North Branch Correctional Institution near Cumberland. Court records show that two counts of second-degree assault against David ...

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CRESAPTOWN — Maryland’s prison agency says two correctional officers face possible termination after they were charged with assaulting an inmate. Twenty-six-year-old Warren Mallow and 33-year-old David Robey were charged Sept. 28 with one count each of second-degree assault. The offense ...

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A New York man has pleaded guilty to a hate crime in the beating of a man he believed was gay at a Baltimore hotel. Thirty-year-old Ajit Kapur of New York pleaded guilty Wednesday in Baltimore City Circuit Court to ...

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