WATTS v. STATE

No. 17, September Term, 2017.

179 A.3d 929 (2018)

457 Md. 419

Barrington Dean WATTS v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 20, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED BY Webster Beary ( Douglas Baruch , Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Washington, DC) on brief, FOR PETITIONER/CROSS-RESPONDENT.

ARGUED BY Jer Welter , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) on brief, FOR RESPONDENT/CROSS-PETITIONER.

ARGUED BEFORE: Greene, Adkins, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Glenn T. Harrell, Jr. (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned) JJ.


We are asked in this case to review the definition of second degree assault. Specifically, the question this case presents is whether the revised and consolidated assault statute, contained in Section 3-201(b) of the Criminal Law Article of the Maryland Code (2002, 2012 Repl. Vol.), contemplates different crimes, or whether the acts constitute...

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