STEWART v. STATE

No. 65, September Term, 1985.

65 Md. App. 372 (1985)

500 A.2d 676

MICHAEL STEWART v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Certiorari Denied March 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Braudes, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender and Nancy S. Forster, Assigned Public Defender, on the brief) Baltimore, for appellant.

Valerie J. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., Baltimore, Andrew L. Sonner, State's Atty. for Montgomery County and Richard E. Jordan, Asst. State's Atty. for Montgomery County, on brief, Rockville, for appellee.

Submitted before GILBERT, C.J., and WEANT and GARRITY, JJ.


GARRITY, Judge.

This case principally concerns the criminal responsibility of an assailant under the felony-murder doctrine for the fright-induced death of a robbery victim. Our focus of attention on this issue will be whether the evidence was sufficient to prove a causative relationship between the robbery and the victim's death from heart failure approximately two hours later.

Facts

At approximately 11:15 during the evening of November 19...

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