DAVIS v. STATE

No. 51, Sept. Term, 2020.

255 A.3d 56 (2021)

474 Md. 439

Howard Jimmy DAVIS v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Kiran Iyer , Assigned Public Defender ( Paul B. De Wolfe , Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Argued by Paul R. Naugle , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Amicus Curiae the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association: Kevin B. Collins, Esq. , Kiley Ann Naas, Esq. , Nandini Singh, Esq. , Covington & Burling LLP, One CityCenter, 850 Tenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001, Erica J. Suter, Esq. , Law Offices of Erica J. Suter, LLC, 6301 Ivy Lane, Greenbelt, MD 20770, Megan E. Coleman, Esq. , Marcus-Bonsib, LLC, 6411 Ivy Lane, Greenbelt, MD 20770.

Amici Curiae of Juvenile Law Center, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Center for Youth Law, and National Defender Center: Nadia Mozaffar, Esq. , Juvenile Law Center, 1800 JFK Blvd., Suite 1900B, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

Argued before: Barbera, C.J., McDonald, Watts, Getty, Booth, Biran, Alan M. Wilner (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned).


On March 22, 2017, when he was just 16 years old, petitioner, along with two other young men, participated in an armed home invasion in Baltimore County. During that invasion, shots were fired and one of the family members was grazed with a bullet and battered with the butt of an assault rifle wielded by petitioner. For that activity...

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