CURTIS v. STATE

No. 455, Sept. Term, 2022.

303 A.3d 970 (2023)

259 Md. App. 283

Sheldon CURTIS v. STATE of Maryland.

Appellate Court of Maryland.

October 24, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Andrea M. Chaknis , law student specially authorized pursuant to Rule 19-220 ( Marc A. DeSimone, Jr. , Haley Licha , Natasha M. Dartigue , Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellant.

Argued by Menelik Coates , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Anthony G. Brown , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellee.

Argued before: Leahy, Beachley, Charles E. Moylan (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.


On a cold December night in 2020, Ms. Sarah Hockaday ran out of her apartment barefoot and crying. She ran over to her neighbor, Ms. Day, who was smoking a cigarette in the parking lot, and then ran into Ms. Day's apartment where she told Ms. Day that she was afraid of her boyfriend. That safe haven did not hold firm because Ms. Hockaday...

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