CHRISTIAN v. STATE

Nos. 26, 95 September Term, 2005.

951 A.2d 832 (2008)

405 Md. 306

Daniel M. CHRISTIAN v. STATE of Maryland. Kalilah Romika Stevenson v. State of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha Weisheit, Mark Colvin, Assistant Public Defenders (Nancy S. Forster, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Brian S. Kleinbord, Jeremy M. McCoy, Assistant Attorney Generals (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, on the brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and GREENE, JJ.


RAKER, J.

In Christian v. State and Stevenson v. State, these consolidated cases, we must determine whether certain mitigation defenses, applied thus far only to homicide offenses and assault with intent to murder, may now be applied to first degree assault. See Maryland Code (1957, 1996 Repl.Vol.), Art. 27 § 12A.1 Daniel Christian contends that his first degree assault...

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