GRIFFIN v. LINDSEY

No. 88, September Term, 2014.

119 A.3d 753 (2015)

444 Md. 278

Shyquille GRIFFIN v. Andrew LINDSEY, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 4, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel Simmonsen , Assistant Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Russell P. Butler ( Victor D. Stone , Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc., Upper Marlboro, MD; Michele McDonald , Brian S. Kleinbord , Asst. Attys. Gen., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondents.

Argued before: BARBERA, C.J.; HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, and WATTS, JJ.


In Maryland, a victim is not a party to a criminal prosecution. Hoile v. State, 404 Md. 591, 606, 948 A.2d 30, 39 (2008). Nevertheless, crime victims are vested with a number of "specific, but narrow" constitutional and...

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