Carroll v. State

*635 Earl and Mary Ann Loomis were murdered during a home invasion in Port Deposit, Maryland in February 2015. A jury in the Circuit Court for Cecil County convicted appellant Derrick L. Carroll of two counts of first-degree murder in addition to multiple conspiracy counts in regard to that event.

On appeal, appellant presents two questions for our review:

1. Did the trial court err in denying appellant's motion to suppress evidence?

2. Did the trial court plainly err in permitting the prosecutor to argue that appellant's motive was racial animosity?

For the reasons that follow, we affirm the…