ATKINS v. STATE

No. 110, September Term, 2010.

26 A.3d 979 (2011)

421 Md. 434

Amardo Annier ATKINS v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 18, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly Knepper-Stephens (George Washington University Community Law Clinics), Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Jessica V. Carter , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Douglas F. Gansler , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS and BARBERA, JJ.


GREENE, J.

Petitioner, Armardo Annier Atkins (Atkins), was convicted, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, of three counts of Second Degree Assault. Before this Court, Petitioner argues that the trial judge abused her discretion by instructing the jury that the State was not required to shoulder its burden of persuasion by the use of certain categories of demonstrative, i.e. forensic, evidence. Specifically, Petitioner presented one question for our review...

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