Snowden v. State

COLE, Judge.

In this case we must determine whether separate convictions for assault and battery and robbery with a dangerous and deadly weapon of one victim arising out of the events of one evening are proper, or whether the lesser offense of assault and battery merges into the greater robbery offense.

The Petitioner, Elmer Maurice Snowden, was convicted in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County of first degree murder,1 robbery with a dangerous and deadly weapon, and assault and battery for an incident that occurred on March 2, 1986. On that night, Snowden and an accomplice approached the…