Murdock v. State

A jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City convicted Brandon Murdock, the appellant, of carjacking, robbery, conspiracy to commit armed carjacking, and conspiracy to commit robbery with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced to two 30-year prison terms, with all but 15 years suspended, for carjacking and conspiracy to commit armed carjacking, and a concurrent 15-year term for robbery. The remaining conviction was merged for sentencing purposes.

On appeal, the appellant poses three questions for review, which we have reordered and rephrased as:

I. Did the trial court err in ruling that the State…