OWENS v. STATE

No. 2145, September Term, 2003.

867 A.2d 334 (2005)

161 Md. App. 91

Maurice OWENS v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

January 31, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stacy McCormack (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.

Devy Patterson Russell (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Panel HOLLANDER, SALMON, ADKINS, JJ.


ADKINS, J.

As appellant Maurice Owens threatened two would-be heroin buyers at gunpoint, one of Owens' companions opened fire. The question of first impression raised by Owens in this appeal is whether he can be convicted of attempted second degree murder for aiding and abetting in the shooting, even though the person charged as the shooter was previously acquitted of that crime. Following the lessons of Jeter v. State, 261 Md. 221<...

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