Givens v. State

Factually and legally inconsistent verdicts have vexed litigants and been the subject of Maryland appellate opinions in both civil cases and criminal cases for decades. One such case of significant impact is Price v. State, 405 Md. 10, 29, 949 A.2d 619, 680 (2008), in which this Court held that guilty verdicts cannot be legally inconsistent with not-guilty verdicts in the case of a trial by jury.

*437In Price, although this Court determined that legal inconsistency in verdicts is not permissible, this Court was not confronted with other questions concerning inconsistent verdicts, such as whether a…