Calhoun-El v. State

James A. Calhoun-El, appellant, appeals from the December 3, 2012, Order of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, denying his Motion to Reopen Post-Conviction Relief. Appellant filed an Application for Leave to Appeal, which this Court granted on December 10, 2015.

Pursuant to this Court’s Order directing the parties to brief three issues, appellant presents the following three questions:

1. In light of Unger v. State, 427 Md. 383, 48 A.3d 242 (2012), did the trial court at appellant’s 1981 trial commit reversible error by instructing the jury that (1) as to the offenses with which…